[Open-graphics] Re: TVC release #2 aka "Utah Spinner"

[Nick S-A]

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> I thought that the 2D X driver issue was going to be fixed by  
> eliminating it and using GL for 2D as well as 3D.

Hi everyone! I'm back from some mail routing issues that got all open- 
graphics posts diverted to spam, so I can now read stuff again. Is  
there anything going on in Verilog that I could help with? I don't  
have any experience writing graphics drivers (I've only read Linux  
Device Drivers' first few chapters since all I needed was a simple  
char driver), but I am willing to learn if there is need (all though,  
given that I don't have experience there is probably not any need for  
my code :-)).

Anyway, back to the question at hand. I am not sure but making all 2D  
graphics use OpenGL would require the use of Xgl, correct? or would  
all of the 2D GL calls occur at a lower-than-X11 level? Using OpenGL  
for 2D as well has obvious benefits (ease of interface, simplicity of  
drivers, reuse of code, speed, etc) and no real drawbacks that I can  
think of (if implemented at a low level).

nick