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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> However, an improved Xvesa could be on the horizon.
> I've just compiled a new Xvesa (using the new uClibc
> library and version 4.3 of X).  <snip>

Great news, Steven. I can probably do some limited testing on my 486
laptop that seems to only do 4 bit color. Thanks alot for your continued
efforts on this. Continuing development on BL3, and possible developments
for BL4 sound really interesting.

This also provides an opportunity to mention something I came across in my
web travels, the relevance of which to BL development I wondered about.
Seems like an implementation similar to Xvesa, but not quite the same.
Seems a bit more experimental and alpha-ish. Nevertheless, I submit for
your perusal the following url: http://www.directfb.org . Anything
pertinent there? I confess to being somewhat mystified as to: 1) what it
does; 2) what is its status; 3) how/whether it would be useful for BL; and
4) how it differs from, or is like, Xvesa.

James