Re: OpenGL in the kernel

[Matti Aarnio]

On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 02:01:39AM +0300, Dmitry M Shatrov wrote:
> I think this is the right place to ask it for, sorry if not.
> I heard a few about future OpenGL implementation in the Linux kernel, 
> but failed to find any resource on this question. I also remember a 
> message from this list about its author's experiments with Mesa in this 
> key..
> Does anybody work on the subject now? Could you help me with (if there 
> are any) some links or just explain what's this really about?

As a rule: KERNEL IS WRONG PLACE.

There are some primitive things that to an extent make sense, but
WHOLE OpenGL (which alone is nothing) or any other graphics server 
entirely in kernel ?   No way.

The XFree86 server can use kernel supplied DRI (Direct Rendering 
Interface) facilities, if such are available.

You can find more about this recurring topic in list archives.

> With best regards, Dmitry M. Shatrov

/Matti Aarnio
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