Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 12:23:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Stable <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Video card support Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007311222380.50474-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.21.0007281115210.350-100000@armani.yourfit.com>
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On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Chris BeHanna wrote: > I don't remember if it was this list on which I saw this > discussion, or if it was hackers. Anyway, I looked at xfree86.org > today, and noticed that there is accelerated support for ATI Mach64 > and for NVIDIA TNT2 and GeForce256 boards, as well as many others. > > Is there some reason why this isn't "good enough," or do we > really need actual drivers for these boards to get at their > extra-nifty features (e.g., hardware backface culling, fog, bump maps, > etc.)? That acceleration usually refers to 2D acceleration -- rectangle drawing and so forth. XFree86 4.X adds support for DRI, a direct-to-hardware interface for accessing the 3D hardware on the card. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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