Re: Data for video driver

From: Keith Krehbiel (redsilo_at_pldi.net)
Date: 10/08/04 

Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 22:16:43 -0500

It just seems like I never hear of anyone that has successfully run
xwindows on a mac and the driver seems to be the sticking point. I am
not even sure if vesa is available with the installer I am
using(Debian). I know the stock answer is quit trying to run linux on a
mac and get a wintel box but if I wanted a wintel box I would have one
already. At this point if someone would at least write in and say that
it is possible it would be most encouraging.
thanks
Keith

Pascal Bourguignon wrote:

> Keith Krehbiel <redsilo@pldi.net> writes:
>
>
>>If one were so inclined and had the innate ability, how would one go
>>about determining the pertinant data to construct a video driver?
>>Surely there has to be a way.
>
>
> Identify the video chip, its manufacturer, contact them to get the
> documentation of their video chip.
>
> Identify the video card, its manufacturer, contact them to get the
> documentation of the card.
>
> Read all these documentations.
>
>
> Of course, the tricky part is in getting these documentation. Chip
> manufacturer usually give or sell the documentation of their chip with
> not much problem, but board manufacturer don't give you the
> documentation of their ASIC easily. You'd have to buy the
> manufacturer... On the otherhand, at least a subset of the video card
> functionality may be somewhat standard, like VESA. Then you could
> make it work generically, but any generic driver would do as well.
>

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