Subject: Re: X Server
To: None <dvogel@intercarve.net>
From: Marcus Comstedt <marcus@idonex.se>
List: port-dreamcast
Date: 04/10/2001 23:27:14
>>>>> "dvogel" == dvogel <dvogel@intercarve.net> writes:
dvogel> How far would you guys say we are from getting an X server running on the DC?
Well, there is a working framebuffer device at least. I suppose we'd
need a mouse driver too.
dvogel> How well suited is the Power VR2 for X? After reading the texts on Marcus's
dvogel> site, I would assume it would work pretty well.
The problem is that to really use the PVR features, you'd have to
rewrite most of the X server, since the rendering model is totally
different. The normal Xserver implementation renders stuff by drawing
in place in a frame buffer. The PVR hardware can't do that, so you'll
have to use the CPU. Which works, but it sloooow.
// Marcus