[NTLUG:Discuss] AGP Gart de-mystified (long)(shortened)

[Kyle_Davenport@compusa.com]

I was referring to the rpm.  Yes /dev/3dfx suid's, but it is also a placeholder
for the kernel module loader.   You have to recompile the modules for your
kernel version.  The module 3Dfx would be the place to put agp driver, like
agpgart, and I hope eventually they come together.






Seth Daniel <seth at ti.com> on 06/20/2000 01:16:24 PM

Please respond to discuss at ntlug.org

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Subject:  Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] AGP Gart de-mystified (long)(shortened)



Quite honestly I thought the only reason to use /dev/3dfx was so you
could run the game as non-root?

On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 11:15:52AM -0500, Kyle_Davenport at compusa.com wrote:
>
>
> I can not confirm that device3Dfx does agp.  I've scoured the web sites and
> looked in the device3Dfx source.  And indeed I see no difference in speed in
> Quake3 (which I expect to heavily use textures) using /dev/3dfx or not.   So
we
> wait until DRI improves...
>
...