--- Jens Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2) We wanted the bare minimum services in the kernel layer for
> efficient and fast graphics support, and felt as much of the
> driver code as possible should stay in user space.
Linux kernel people are strongly in favor of changing Xfree to never touch the
hardware except through device drivers. I have to agree with that, Xfree is
doing a lot of things that are never going to work in a hotplug system. The only
way to make hotplug work is for Xfree to tell the kernel what it is doing.
>
> 3) GPL License. We needed a BSD style license to allow IHV's the
> option of a closed source driver.
Top proposal right now is to merge FB and DRM. FB has the GPL license with too
many developers so it probably can't be converted to BSD.
There are many advatanges to merging FB/DRM. Top ones include SAK, secure
attention key, kdbg support, OOPS while X is running, mode support for
mesa-solo, etc....
What is the state of the FB equivalent on BSD?
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Jon Smirl
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