Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 11:06:56 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Duane Currie <sandman@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GGI Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903081105160.7045-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903080751230.71809-100000@hub.org>
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Again, questions I can't answer...
One thing that I'm curious about...somewhere along the way, I read that
the 3D stuff was 'kernel based'...basically, you needed kernel drivers to
make use o fthe 3D acceleration features of the various cards ... is this
not accurate?
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Duane Currie wrote:
>
> FreeBSD supports it? kewl.
> Is that through emulation or a port?
>
> Oh, actually another question: Do you support the card as a device so
> non-root users can use it without making programs setuid?
>
> Duane
>
>
> On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Mike Smith wrote:
> >
> > > > A friend just picked himself up a Voodoo2 card that Linux now supports and
> > > > keeps cramming down the "FreeBSD doesn't support 3D accelleration" line
> > > > down my throat :( My card is *supposedly* faster then what he has, from
> > > > comparing specs...be great if I can slam it back down his throat :)
> > >
> > > Since the voodoo2 is a 3d card, and X is exclusively 2d, I can't quite
> > > see how "supporting" this card actually achieves anything.
> > >
> > > If he's talking about GLIDE, you might mention that we support the
> > > Linux GLIDE library...
> >
> > Well, let me CC him in...I don't follow Linux too closely, so don't feel
> > that I can adequately comment on this...
> >
> > Marc G. Fournier
> > Systems Administrator @ hub.org
> > primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
> >
> >
>
>
Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
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