From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265729AbUBBRff (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Feb 2004 12:35:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265734AbUBBRfe (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Feb 2004 12:35:34 -0500 Received: from mta06-svc.ntlworld.com ([62.253.162.46]:2418 "EHLO mta06-svc.ntlworld.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265729AbUBBRfd (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Feb 2004 12:35:33 -0500 Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 17:37:19 +0000 From: DaMouse Networks To: Timothy Miller Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OT] Crazy idea: Design open-source graphics chip Message-Id: <20040202173719.52952f7f@EozVul.WORKGROUP> In-Reply-To: <401E85EA.7010209@techsource.com> References: <20040201145827.059332d3@EozVul.WORKGROUP> <401E85EA.7010209@techsource.com> Organization: DaMouse Networks X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 12:16:26 -0500 Timothy Miller wrote: > > > DaMouse Networks wrote: > >>A cheap cludge would be an optional second GPU on the card just to do > >>the required VGA modes, with an analogue video pass-through. That > >>would make the VGA cards more expensive than a single GPU which > >>incorporated VGA, but add almost nothing in cost or complexity terms > >>to the non-VGA cards. > > > > > > I was thinking of suggesting something similar as I browsed the thread. I would think that having Linux instead of the BIOS would be good since you would only need a small cut-down Linux that has drivers for a VGA->FB interface or something similar. The SMP approach from XGI might work in this since Linux supports SMP very well and it could perform well with up to like 4+ GPUs? (thinking of the card size that might limit this you could have them stacked :) ) > > > > I think I'm gonna have to follow this thread closely :) > > > So, do you all honestly think that adding cost to the board is going to > make it sell? > More cost? how is saving money on the BIOS raising cost? also the SMP thing would allow like a ton of cheap chips to be stuck on with uber glue :) -DaMouse