Kernel support for graphics cards

[Dave Airlie]

> > >
> > > PS. What prompted me to ask this is the following sentence from the
> > > paper: "All of these systems directly manipulate hardware registers
> > > without any coordination among them." That really scares me - it almost
> > > sounds like the mess that DOS used to be...
> >
> > quick answer: no.  kernels are not going to have graphics drivers any time
> > soon - if ever. :)
>
> While this should rather be a :( IMHO.
>
> There is a project, Kernel Graphics Interface, under way, though very slowly,
> at http://kgi-wip.sourceforge.net/

Totally irrelevant project though, didn't engage any support from the
people who matter, kernel developers and X developers... doomed to
failure from the start..

Dave.