Re: XFree86 5.0 TODO

On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 06:32:48PM -0500, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Mmm, but here, the depth has no influence on the non-linear framebuffer,
> > it doesn't really is a non-linear framebuffer, just a framebuffer where
> > not all the memory is directly available ? It still has a linear
> > addressing space ? Or maybe i am just misunderstanding things ?
> 
> Linear from what viewpoint - it may also be tiled too. Quite a few cards

Yes, i deal with tiled framebuffer with a linear->tiled bypass unit. But
i think there is also the planar framebuffer (of amiga hardware for
example) which would count for such a non-linear frmabuffer. 

Anyway, in my case, i have to tell the bypass unit the stride and depth
so it can do its job well, so multiple depth framebuffer are no fun.

Friendly,

Sven Luther