From: Michel <mic...@ii...> - 2001-11-22 10:53:57
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On Thu, 2001-11-22 at 11:23, Sven wrote: > On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 10:32:28AM +0100, Michel D=E4nzer wrote: > > On Thu, 2001-11-22 at 09:37, Sven wrote: > >=20 > > > Anyway, even X is not able to do DMA outside of the DRI setup. I woul= d have > > > liked it when writing Xv support for the permedia3 chip. > >=20 > > DMA sure isn't possible without kernel support, but you only need a DRM= , > > see a recent version of r128_video.c. >=20 > Well, and the DRM takes care of security issues, isn't it ? Yes. > That said, i don't really have time for playing with X right now, but i a= m > aware of the use of DRM for r128. It is linux specific though. No, it should work on BSD now and on all platforms once the DRM is ported. --=20 Earthling Michel D=E4nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast |