On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 03:58:54PM +0200, jf simon wrote: > Hi, > What is the fundamental difference between Xfree86 device drivers (see > http://www.xfree86.org/current/DESIGN20.html) and the linux drivers that > can be found in the linux kernel under ./drivers/video ? > does a given graphic card needs both drivers? > Thanks > -jfs They are needed for different things. The X ones are needed for running X (and you can't do much without X nowadays), while the kernel ones are needed for running framebuffer (graphics on console -- you do NOT need them for text console). Since most software nowadays runs in X, the X ones are more important. There is one more kind of drivers in kernel, in drivers/char/drm, which are needed for graphic acceleration. Note, that you want to look at X.Org (www.x.org), NOT XFree86, since most developers moved to X.Org few years back and XFree86 development almost ceased. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Jan Hudec `Bulb' <bulb@xxxxxx> -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
