[Xorg] Getting GATOS branch created on Xorg

[Jon Smirl]

Why not add v4l support to the DRM device driver and ignore the X
driver?

--- Vladimir Dergachev <volodya at mindspring.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Jon Smirl wrote:
> 
> > What would it take to get GATOS into the video4linux model instead
> of
> > having it's own driver? With v4l support would be in the kernel.
> 
> Major rewrite of X radeon driver. All-in-Wonder cards require a
> portion of 
> video memory (preferably dynamically allocated) for video capture or
> playback.
> 
> Also, video playback requires overlay scalar unit - which thus must
> be 
> shared with Xserver's XvPutImage functionality.
> 
> It is simply much easier to implement video-in support in the same
> place 
> the rest of Radeon driver resides.
> 
>                          best
> 
>                            Vladimir Dergachev
> 
> 
> >
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