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> > Is it the right way to solve the problem?  I dunno.
>
> I'd say 'yes' as ISTR the FreeBSD KLD work pushed my framerate on a
> Voodoo3 from ~ 2-3fps up to 40-odd.

Well, OF COURSE hardware acceleration is desirable.  (^&  Getting there is
the problem, and solving the problem is definitely good.  That's not the
bit to which I said I didn't know the answer, though.


  ``I probably don't know what I'm talking about.'' --rauch@math.rice.edu