Am Dienstag, den 02.10.2007, 17:58 +0200 schrieb Matthias Hopf: > On Oct 01, 07 11:25:16 +0200, Jerome Glisse wrote: > > Syren Baran wrote: > > >since i´m not too deep into X, could someone tell me which functions > > >have to be implemented before its possible to get a kernel module going? > > >BTW, are there already any documents released which document the > > >necessary registers? > > No. Waiting for them here as well. > The DRM module is probably the smallest thing, and deeply interwoven > with the X module and the Mesa driver. I already figured that out by myself. > With the ATI architecture it > might be that we could even work w/o a kernel module and be secure (I > have some ideas for that), but this is pure guesswork w/o register > documentation. Interresting. I personaly dont know how the ATI architecture differs that a kernel module might be unnecesarry. Fglrx also uses a kernel module. That said i havent looked that deep into the existing modules to give a qualified opinion.
> > On side note my opinion on this is that we should start a > > brand new gallium driver with ttm from the ground but this > > might not fit Suse plan which likely need to support older > > X & kernel (i am so sorry for you ;)). > > We haven't decided on a memory manager yet. ttm is certainly something > to consider, but I haven't looked much at it (or alternatives) yet. > > Whether Gallium is an option or not is also not decided yet. But that > could be changed later on as well. But until some 3D sees the light of > the day, it's probably decided by the community. I´ll invest a couple of hours now and then. Been a while since i last did low level gfx card stuff and 3D, but i hope i´ll be able to contribute a bit more than just some pci-ids. > > My 2 cents > > Matthias > Syren _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list xorg-driver-ati@lists.x.org http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati