Re: Native mode handling

Michel Dänzer <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.freedesktop.xserver
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 21:17, Jon Smirl wrote:
> 
> My plan is to build separately compilable layers that build on each other.
> 
> 1) Kernel DRM driver
> 2) Framework based on Xfree 2D driver minus the PCI bus and 2D drawing code.
> This includes all of the mode code. There are two libraries, one board specific,
> one common (DDC, I2C). Layer 1 is used to find the hardware.
> 3) The existing standalone Mesa driver. Modified to use layer 2.
> 4) xserver modified to use the GL API.
> 
> A goal of layer 2 is to make it reusable by other projects.

Does anything speak against (optionally/partly/whatever) using a
framebuffer device for 2)?


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