Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!mitech!gjc
From: gjc@mitech.com
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: WANTED: Faster X server for Sun4 w/GX
Message-ID: <5454@mitech.com>
Date: 1 Oct 90 06:59:58 GMT
References: <1990Sep26.193716.17671@tandem.com> <Sep.29.23.20.12.1990.3448@pilot.njin.net> <JANSSEN.90Sep30200715@holmes.parc.xerox.com>
Organization: Mitech Corporation, Concord MA
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In article <JANSSEN.90Sep30200715@holmes.parc.xerox.com>, janssen@parc.xerox.com (Bill Janssen) writes:
> In article <Sep.29.23.20.12.1990.3448@pilot.njin.net> rapatel@pilot.njin.net ( Rakesh Patel) writes:
> 
>    Unfortunately R4 does not support the GX. Until Sun will adapt
>    Xsun to there hardware (hopefully!) I use following little 'quick
>    and dirty' patch. It accelerates only simple bitblock moves within the
> 
> Dirty is the word.  Putting pixrect calls in the cfb code?  Does this
> wreak havoc on other kinds of machines or displays?  And what happens
> when the thing you're drawing on is not /dev/fb?  Though I'm sure your
> intentions are pure, I wish people wouldn't post this kind of garbage.
> 

Given a quick and dirty hack posted only for a subset of SUN machines why
would "other kinds of machines and displays" be an issue?
(Other than as a setup for calling something garbage later in the message).

-gjc