[Xorg] The big multiconsole nasty

[Michael L Torrie]

On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 12:17, Jon Smirl wrote:
> --- Keith Packard <keithp at keithp.com> wrote:
> > Which is why I'd like to see some experimentation in this area. We've
> > discovered several places where the current 'everything in user mode'
> 
> Other areas to consider:
> 
> 1) If we stop doing things in user mode, X doesn't have to run as root
> any more.

Would you expect all other OSs out there (windows, freebsd, etc) to also
provide this kernel-level support?  Or will X become linux-only?

> 
> 2) Don't for get about OpenGL. In the model where X runs on top of
> OpenGL, the OpenGL system has already taken care of all of the video
> hardware before X even loads.
> 
> =====
> Jon Smirl
> jonsmirl at yahoo.com
> 
> 
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Michael L Torrie <torriem at chem.byu.edu>