Solo Xgl..

[Jon Smirl]

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 19:07:55 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt
<benh at kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> That leads to one missing piece to ultimately merge the fb layer
> (mode setting) and the kernel DRM (command processing), which is a video
> memory manager that is independant from the client (X server).

Now you know why I have been making all those posts about merging
DRM/fbdev for the last year while everyone was calling me crazy.
mesa-solo has to join DRM/fbdev together to get the foundation that it
needs.

Another part of the goal is that the XGL server does not need to run
as root. I've recently posted code to fb-devel list that allows modes
to be set without being root. I'm also trying to sort out reseting of
secondary cards using fbdev. Other areas that need work is hardware
cursor and fixing radeonfb to support two heads and merged fb.

-- 
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl at gmail.com