From: David Waite <mass@ufl.edu>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 02:42:12 -0400

RE: kgi vs. fbcon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: e94_msu@elixir.e.kth.se [mailto:e94_msu@elixir.e.kth.se]On Behalf
>
> Jon M. Taylor wrote:

> > On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Dan Hollis wrote:
> > > The biggest reasons will be :
> > >   o More stable X without needing suid root.
> > >   o One X server for all platforms. Not the current XF86 mess.
> > >   o Better acceleration than current XF86 (possible?)
> >
> >         Doubtful, if "better" means "faster".  XFree86 sits directly on
> > top of the hardware.
>
> Can XFree86 do DMA? It certainly can't do IRQs (not that I think
> the latter would do much for the speed, but kernel drivers do open
> a few interresting possibilities)

XFree is pretty fast in the video department, its not as fast as it could be
because of that whole 'X' thing.. but I won't get started =)

I think the benefit from GGI is more:
	o Multiple output capabilities; on top of X, on SVGAlib, on fbcon, and
GGIConsole/KGI, all without recompiling
	o Much better platform independance than current methods. Lead to
applications being ported just because it is the most bang for the buck

Stability is a side effect =)

-David Waite