[ydl-gen] Video Monitors--2

[Ted Zlatanov]

On  9 Jan 2007, beww at bresnan.net wrote:
> Still I have to admit they are at least moving in the right direction  
> regarding Linux on the PS3, and the video driver matter may in fact  
> be nVidia and not Sony holding up the works.

I haven't seen a definite statement about this from nVidia or Sony or
YDL (I searched the archives too).  Here are my questions:

1) Will there ever be a way to access the video card directly?  The
drivers already exist, I think.  We don't need anything crazy either,
just some way to watch video in 1080P.  So the open-source nvidia X
driver may just work if the hardware was accessible.  If nVidia or
Sony give us a binary-only 2D-accelerated video driver, that's great.

2) If (1) is a no, how can we discuss the matter with the party or
parties responsible for making that decision?

3) If (2) is a no go, let's find a way to get accelerated video
working.

I would really like to avoid jumping to (2) and (3).  I think most
Linux users would be happy with 2D video acceleration.

Ted