From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262541AbUBYAFJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 19:05:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262543AbUBYACP (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 19:02:15 -0500 Received: from mail.zmailer.org ([62.78.96.67]:54438 "EHLO mail.zmailer.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262542AbUBYAAD (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 19:00:03 -0500 Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 01:59:56 +0200 From: Matti Aarnio To: Dmitry M Shatrov Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: OpenGL in the kernel Message-ID: <20040224235955.GO1751@mea-ext.zmailer.org> References: <403D2953.7080909@mail.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <403D2953.7080909@mail.ru> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 02:01:39AM +0300, Dmitry M Shatrov wrote: > I think this is the right place to ask it for, sorry if not. > I heard a few about future OpenGL implementation in the Linux kernel, > but failed to find any resource on this question. I also remember a > message from this list about its author's experiments with Mesa in this > key.. > Does anybody work on the subject now? Could you help me with (if there > are any) some links or just explain what's this really about? As a rule: KERNEL IS WRONG PLACE. There are some primitive things that to an extent make sense, but WHOLE OpenGL (which alone is nothing) or any other graphics server entirely in kernel ? No way. The XFree86 server can use kernel supplied DRI (Direct Rendering Interface) facilities, if such are available. You can find more about this recurring topic in list archives. > With best regards, Dmitry M. Shatrov /Matti Aarnio