Re: Video drivers in kernel space? (Re: new device driver features)

Around 17 o'clock on Nov 18, Roberto Gordo Saez wrote:

> The big drawback is that we need a different set of drivers for Linux,
> FreeBSD, etc. I'm sure there are other drawbacks that i am not
> aware of, but i personally really would like the drivers to go into the
> kernel. Is there any possibility for doing this?

The DRI already demonstrates that graphics drivers with a kernel component 
can be ported across operating systems.  The question is what part belongs 
in the kernel and what belongs up in user mode, either specifically within 
the X server or within an external library, such as libGL.

-keith