Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-23,: Re: FBIO_COPYBOX, FBIO_RECTFILL

# Re: FBIO_COPYBOX, FBIO_RECTFILL

Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Fri, 11 Jun 1999 11:26:09 +0200 (CEST)

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On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Denis Oliver Kropp wrote:
> I like fbdev very well, but I would apreciate a method
> for hardware blits and fills.
> Would be very easy to add this functionality to fbcon.
> I tested it with matroxfb.
> E.g. ClanLib that uses fbdev would be times faster.
>
> Any oppinions?

Generic hardware blits do not belong in the kernel.

Reasoning: http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/Linux/Expo/.

Greetings,

Geert

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    Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
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    Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium

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