Is the National NDA unrestrictive enough, so that you will be able to make use of these functions without infringing it ? Just a question, I am myself wondering if it is worth to sign it (that's the only restriction in my project , and stops it from complete publication)...
Best regards, Rolland Alex Pavloff wrote: >Hello folks. > >I have a National Semiconductor's Geode XFree86 4 drivers. > >These drivers can be run in two ways >1) sitting on top of National's Linux Framebuffer drivers and calling >acceleration functions (ioctls) provided by the framebuffer drivers. > >2) doing all the work themselves. > >I want to make a TinyX server that uses these accelerated functions. Now, >what's my best option: > >Option A) Hack the kdrive/XFbdev source to call accelerated functions where >possible. The rendering functions provided by the Geode driver are: > >Gal_set_solid_pattern >Gal_set_mono_pattern >Gal_set_raster_operation >Gal_pattern_fill >Gal_set_solid_source(unsigned long color >Gal_screen_to_screen_blt >Gal_screen_to_screen_xblt >Gal_bresenham_line > >There are many other functions available, but since this is going in an >embedded device, I'm not too worried about setup issues and much more >concerned about how fast the thing is going to draw. > >Option B) Attempt to figure out what Keith Packard was doing with the >"other" drivers in the kdrive directory, and modify the geode source code to >match that. > >Suggestions/Comments? > >Alex Pavloff >Software Engineer >Eason Technology >_______________________________________________ >Xpert mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert > > > _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
