From owner-freebsd-multimedia Mon Mar 6 15:38:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from charon.ipass.net (charon.ipass.net [198.79.53.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68F3B37BECC for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2000 15:38:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rhh@ipass.net) Received: from stealth.ipass.net. (ppp-1-207.dialup.rdu.ipass.net [209.170.132.207]) by charon.ipass.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA03850; Mon, 6 Mar 2000 18:37:59 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rhh@localhost) by stealth.ipass.net. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id SAA06592; Mon, 6 Mar 2000 18:40:09 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rhh) Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 18:40:09 -0500 From: Randall Hopper To: Martin Cracauer Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Voodoo3? [was Re: GLX Xserver for FreeBSD?] Message-ID: <20000306184009.A6181@ipass.net> References: <200003060756.CAA99613@otter.blackberry.net> <20000306085920.D14350@cons.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000306085920.D14350@cons.org>; from cracauer@cons.org on Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 08:59:20AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Martin Cracauer: |In <200003060756.CAA99613@otter.blackberry.net>, Christopher Masta wrote: |> Forgive me if I'm missing something, but there are a lot of layers. |> |> Isn't software still needed to drive the Voodoo 3.. Glade? DRI is the |> X interface to it, but the driver still needs to be ported to FreeBSD, |> right? Or is it possible to get accelerated OpenGL now? | |Glide is it. Since 3dfx put out documentation for their chips, you |don't strictly need the Glide layer, although it may be convinient. |Don't know what the DRI do. For a pictorial view: http://dri.sourceforge.net/components.jpg Notice the yellow and red datapaths on the far left and how many software layers are bypassed (compared to paths involved green arrows). http://dri.sourceforge.net/ The direct rendering infrastructure, also known as the DRI, is a framework for allowing direct access to graphics hardware in a safe and efficient manner. It includes changes to the X server, to several client libraries, and to the kernel. The first major use for the DRI is to create fast OpenGL implementations. Randall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message