On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 07:35:14PM +0530, Damarugendra M wrote:
> I would like to know if I could use DRI to
> implement an application which obtains HW
> accleration and runs without using X11.
>
> that is i want to run this app from the console.
> this app may be a game or whatever. it should not be
> run on X or it should not be linked to any X librarys.
> It may use OpenGL for graphics.
Then the first question you have to ask is whether you really should
throw out X11. X11 does event handling, multiple windows, etc. It can
also be made quite light weight. It's running in 600k on an IPAQ.
If you decide you do need to throw out X, then you have to ask yourself
if the DRI is the right solution for your problem. The DRI handles
multiple 3D clients accessing hardware at the same time, sharing the
same screen, in a robust and secure manner. If you don't need those
properties the DRI isn't necessarily the right solution for you.
If you get to this point, then it would be theoretically possible to
remove the DRI from X11 and have it run without X11. There's no code to
support that at this point, so it would require some significant work to
do that.
- |Daryll
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