From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932521AbVHaTGP (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:06:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932522AbVHaTGP (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:06:15 -0400 Received: from mail21.sea5.speakeasy.net ([69.17.117.23]:35295 "EHLO mail21.sea5.speakeasy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932521AbVHaTGO (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:06:14 -0400 Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:06:10 -0700 From: Allen Akin To: jg@freedesktop.org, Discuss issues related to the xorg tree Cc: lkml Subject: Re: State of Linux graphics Message-ID: <20050831190610.GF27940@tuolumne.arden.org> Mail-Followup-To: jg@freedesktop.org, Discuss issues related to the xorg tree , lkml References: <9e47339105083009037c24f6de@mail.gmail.com> <1125422813.20488.43.camel@localhost> <20050831063355.GE27940@tuolumne.arden.org> <1125510491.12626.8.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1125510491.12626.8.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 01:48:11PM -0400, Jim Gettys wrote: | Certainly replicating OpenGL 2.0's programmability through Render makes | no sense at all to me (or most others, I believe/hope). If you want to | use full use of the GPU, I'm happy to say you should be using OpenGL. When expressed that way, as a question of whether you're using the GPU all-out, I think it's easy for everyone to agree. But we also need to beware of the slippery slope where functionality gets duplicated a piece at a time. This has already happened in several areas, so it remains a concern. For me at least. :-) Allen