From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 8 22:38:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 716F416A4CE for ; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 22:38:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail6.speakeasy.net (mail6.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4566A43D2F for ; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 22:38:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: (qmail 16956 invoked from network); 8 Aug 2004 22:38:35 -0000 Received: from gate.funkthat.com (HELO hydrogen.funkthat.com) ([69.17.45.168]) (envelope-sender ) by mail6.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 8 Aug 2004 22:38:35 -0000 Received: from hydrogen.funkthat.com (dapatm@localhost.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1])i78McZuU041164; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 15:38:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.funkthat.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i78McYvD041163; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 15:38:34 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 15:38:34 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Glen Stormbind Message-ID: <20040808223834.GD991@funkthat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Glen Stormbind , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ X-Resume: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/resume.html cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Seeking information on the frame buffer X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 22:38:36 -0000 Glen Stormbind wrote this message on Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 21:25 +0100: > I'm looking to create a display system but I'm stuck before beginning. > > I know pretty much what I'm hoping to create, and have the design > concept mapped out, but it will be my first low-level project and I > don't know diddly-squat about frame buffers :( > > Soooo... can someone please point me in the right direction to getting > started with the frame buffer? Thanks for your time! If you want a raw frame buffer, take a look at svgalib... It has calls that will get you the linear mapped frame buffer for most svga cards on i386... If you're looking for other platforms, that might be a bit more complicated... -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."