like the text-only console, you mean?

Posted Sep 1, 2005 4:09 UTC (Thu) by xoddam (subscriber, #2322)
In reply to: Linux and desktop graphics by eyal
Parent article: Linux and desktop graphics

Why on earth would the 2D programming interface disappear?
The VGA text console interface is still available.

like the text-only console, you mean?

Posted Sep 1, 2005 10:18 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

That is also disappearing in high-end adapters. (This is one reason why the Linux kernel has framebuffer support.)

like the text-only console, you mean?

Posted Sep 1, 2005 14:00 UTC (Thu) by smoogen (subscriber, #97) [Link]

Because it is extra bits that have to be kept around, tested and ported for cards. A lot of the newer cards do not have a 2D API in them because it is too suboptimal for the cards CPU. I think I heard one engineer put it as "Its like putting a trailer hitch on a dragster."