From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Feb 4 13: 2:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0D73433C for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2000 13:02:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) id 12Gps2-000PKS-00; Fri, 4 Feb 2000 21:02:26 +0000 Received: from localhost (jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA20384; Fri, 4 Feb 2000 21:02:26 GMT (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 21:02:26 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick To: Chris Dillon Cc: Stephen McKay , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, Haikal Saadh Subject: Re: Choice of display cards under freebsd. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I was just going to ask a question on a similar issue. I was reading about new graphics cards with Linux-only drivers. I've also heard BSD is somewhat less game-friendly than Linux, primarily due to the scheduler. Would it make sense to have a "set GAMES" option or command, that temporarily alters scheduling and allows direct access to video hardware as necessary? (real mode vs protected) -=> jm <=- "The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very, very brightly." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message