Re: Multipipe on Linux

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From: Angus Dorbie (dorbie++at++sgi.com)
Date: 05/24/2000 14:17:02

Perversely it may make it more difficult because you then have a single
GLX implementation and the multicard support isn't working in the DRI
yet.

Cheers,Angus.

Jason Daly wrote:
>
> On Wed, 24 May 2000, Angus Dorbie wrote:
>
> > This cannot work with a single app right now.
> >
> > This all kind of assumes that you are aiming for a GeForce + voodoo3 SLI
> > combo. A more homogeneous 2X voodoo3 solution would be less troublesome
> > but slower.
> >
>
> Actually, the 2x Voodoo3 configuration was the idea. The concept was to
> have the Nvidia driving a regular CRT and X desktop while the voodoos ran
> the performer app on the HMD (we were optimistic from the start :-) ).
> If I removed the Nvidia from the equation completely (I'm working on this
> at the moment), how much simpler do you think it would be to get it
> working?
>
> --"J"
>
> "I'm a castaway stranded in a desolate land,
> I can see the footprints in the virtual sand."
> --Neil Peart
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