From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 6 19:08:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AAEA16A41F for ; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 19:08:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7620C43D48 for ; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 19:08:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j86J8ZxY041875; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 21:08:35 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5AB75647D; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 21:08:35 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 21:08:35 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: "T.J. Filipi" Message-ID: <20050906190835.GA20008@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: "T.J. Filipi" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <431D96C7.3070709@optonline.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ReaqsoxgOBHFXBhH" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <431D96C7.3070709@optonline.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is DRM? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 19:08:38 -0000 --ReaqsoxgOBHFXBhH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 01:16:55PM +0000, T.J. Filipi wrote: > Hi, > I'm wading thru the section of kernel configuration & can't find an=20 > explanation of the DRM options. Since I have an AGP Radeon & see that=20 > it has a device listed, I figure it might be important for me to know. = =20 DRM is the Direct Rendering Manager; a framewrk for allowing direct access to the graphics hardware under the X Window System. It is mainly used to make OpenGL 3D rendering faster. > Also, I notice that the entry in NOTES puts quotes around the device=20 > r128drm, but not any of the others. Why is that? Because it contains numbers. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt --ReaqsoxgOBHFXBhH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDHekzEnfvsMMhpyURAgzAAJ4j4huBThHyWELEB2nCl1byUoMtpACfbYyi GiSZTC7gZ8YqLqgwSZ/+Iqw= =GVzw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ReaqsoxgOBHFXBhH--