[Pc_Support] MSFT to move video layer outside of kernel in Vista

[Bryan J. Smith]

Damien McKenna <dmckenna at thelimucompany.com> wrote:
> http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=5002
> After moving the video layer *into* the kernel for WinNT 4
> they're finally moving it back *out* of the kernel for
Vista
> to "improve reliability".  Geez, that's why everyone else
did
> it that way to start with and that's what everyone told
them
> ten years ago.  <sigh>

Now that 2D/3D hardware APIs are abundant, yes, this can
occur.  The Windows Graphics Foundation (WGF) is designed to
handle this.

Of course, WGF 1.1 (essentially DirectX 9) is rather pathetic
in this regard, so the initial Vista will be a sluggish pig. 
WGF 2.0 (fka DirectX 10) is supposed to addres this far
better though.


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