Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 12:30:47 +0100 From: Marc van Kempen <marc@bowtie.nl> To: Wilson MacGyver <macgyver@infinet.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Subject: Re: direct access to video card Message-ID: <199603091130.MAA26778@nietzsche.bowtie.nl> In-Reply-To: macgyver's message of Thu, 07 Mar 1996 12:11:04 -0500. <313F18A8.3DBFAAF4@cylatech.com>
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> J Wunsch wrote: > > You can mmap() the frame buffer, but have a look at the ten thousands > > lines of code in the XFree86 Xserver that deal with every and each > > hardware idiosyncrasy of the various not-really-compatible graphics > > cards. I'm sure, you'll immediately give up your idea. > > > > Your best bet by the time the next release of XFree86/tm will be out > > is to use their ``DGA'' (direct graphics access ?) Xserver extension. > > well, I'd really like to avoid using X if at all possible. The > company I work for is working on a game (for DOS). As the > developementing is progressing, I want to be able to first port > what we've done to FreeBSD, and possbilly do my part of development > on FreeBSD. The way I see it, first I'd have to implment a library > to handle direct video access, much like the svgalib on Linux. > And frankly, I'm lost as to where to start. I thought we had libsvga working in part, Joerg? Marc. ---------------------------------------------------- Marc van Kempen BowTie Technology Email: marc@bowtie.nl WWW & Databases tel. +31 40 2 43 20 65 fax. +31 40 2 44 21 86 http://www.bowtie.nl ----------------------------------------------------
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