Re: [Mesa3d-dev] Re: [Dri-devel] Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Redesign of kernel graphics interface

[James S. <jsi...@in...>]

> On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 10:39:50PM +0000, Nicolas Souchu wrote:
> > Do apps manage their swap? No. I think the OS should be responsible for
> > placing the data (vertices, textures, commands) at the right/best place
> > for the HW 3D engine and the client should only fill virtual memory.
> 
> > http://www.freebsd.org/~nsouch/kgi4BSD
> 
> Browsing through kgi.sf.net I found that they have proper multihead
> and DDC2 support.  They just lack DRI integrated into KGI and it will
> rock from my user perspective.
> 
> Is true that the BSDs are adopting KGI as their unified kernel
> graphics layer?

It looks like BSD is heading in the right direction. If this lame idea of 
a userland library goes threw I wil quite fbdev developement and go over 
to BSD then. Either that or fork the tree and start my company with my 
work.