From: Bryan Meredith <bryan@bear-mountain.demon.co.uk>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 23:04:51 +0000

Re: [linux-fbdev] Accel or not accel in kernel! (fwd)

Sengan Baring-Gould wrote:
> 
> James Simmons wrote:
> 
> > As you can see the SGI model has its strong points. With this model fbcon
> > will never hear about accels again. Does this purposal sound like
> > something everyone can live with?
> 
> Sounds good to me: the 3dfx cards that don't support 2d but do support 3d
> would benefit. But then you end up with multiple /dev/gfxs: one for 3d and
> one for 2d. Is that the idea?
> 

How about /dev/gfx0-n in keeping with the fb allocations?
Each gfx gives access to whatever functionality it has.

Bryan
-- 

Oh Bugger...