> On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Jon M. Taylor wrote:
> > > > Thanks to the fbcon module interface its now about to become
> > > > a matter of "slightly faster" v "slightly more kernel overhead/memory" by
> > > > user choice - which is the ideal solution
> > >
> > > Would that this were the case. See above. Also, if you use
> > > X86_FBdev you will have to give up all accelerations except rectangular
> > > blitting, because that is all the fbcon API supports. XAA will also be
> >
> > Fbcon doesn't export rectangular blitting neither. fb.h may suggest so, but
> > that was preliminary. Just removed it in cvs.
> >
> > > history. You could enhance XF86_FBdev to have knowledge of
> >
> > Why wouldn't XAA be possible>
> ^^^^^^^^
> Oops, I meant `impossible?'
It made more sense the first time |->. Do you mean "why would it
be possible"?
Jon
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