for what it's worth: this afternoon i conducted an experiment: i copied everything that was newer from [xfree-4.02-sourcedir]/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/drm/kernel to my [linux-2.4.0-sourcedir]/drivers/char/drm and then built a monolithic kernel containing agpgart, dri, and mga support. the performance improvement is simply tremendous -- gears, for instance, in the XscreenSavers module form, is running at at least 75 fps at 1280x1024. really screaming. obviously, anybody wanting to play with this needs to backup everything first. but i think the experiment is well worth it for anyone competent to build a kernel and who is interested in the potential of the dri stuff in X. this also suggests that probably the kernel dri stuff could stand an update. -- dep -- bipartisanship: an illogical construct not unlike the idea that if half the people like red and half the people like blue, the country's favorite color is purple. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
