On Jun 05, 08 00:39:26 +0200, Jerome Glisse wrote: > > > I was envisioning a completely separate r600 DRI driver for r6xx+, > > > since, if I understand correctly, the r6xx 3D engine is a completely new > > > chip with nothing in common with the older Radeons. On the other hand, > > > though, I haven't seen the actual documentation, so I have no idea > > > exactly how different this new chipset actually is.
For the long term, yes. For the short term we probably want something running fast, and that means basing stuff on code that's already there. Maybe it would be the right time for creating a legacy free DRM for r600 (probably earlier chips later on as well) for a DRI2/gallium/ TTM/GEM framework. But not before we have some code running and really understand how the chip is programmed and behaves in practise. > > If the new driver won't be an incremental change to the existing radeon > > drivers, I'd recommend basing it on Gallium. > I agree that gallium is the way to go, but it seems that they can get > somethings in less time than gallium will need to mature a bit and > become useable. I have deeply experienced the difference btw the > easier to start from somethings working than to start from scratch. Definitely. No completely new driver without using gallium. And it would be a hard time if you didn't already know that the thing you're trying to do actually works. Matthias -- Matthias Hopf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ __ __ Maxfeldstr. 5 / 90409 Nuernberg (_ | | (_ |__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone +49-911-74053-715 __) |_| __) |__ R & D www.mshopf.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
