Loris Cuoghi wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to point out this proposal for a reworked kernel graphics
subsystem.
http://kerneltrap.org/node/8242
To me, it brought to mind the thread on this mailing list, dated August
2006, in which interesting possibilities were brought up. The one from
which the discussion sprang was Richard Cooper and his "hot" words :-)
So what have we got here? We don't seem to actually have OGD1 cards. We
don't seem to have a clear understanding of what we're even going to do.
But he talked about many appealing points too.
One of the many interesting posts in the thread:
http://lists.duskglow.com/open-graphics/2006-August/007196.html
While some work is needed to rationalize the current mess, I don't think
that too much of the graphics system should be in the Kernel.
Currently, X11 can crash and not affect the Kernel at all. This
shouldn't change -- a new graphics system shouldn't pull the Kernel down
with it if (make that when since graphics is much less stable than the
Kernel) it crashes, the Kernel must survive the crash.
--
JRT
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