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author | ben <ben@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2007-04-07 18:00:11 +0000 |
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committer | ben <ben@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2007-04-07 18:00:11 +0000 |
commit | 8dae4a995ea783a952a45bfb4a810627a4126691 (patch) | |
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moved old README file from libdha dir to vidix one
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diff --git a/vidix/README.dha b/vidix/README.dha new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..13ebf73cb1 --- /dev/null +++ b/vidix/README.dha @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +lidbha - Direct Hardware Access library +======================================= + +This library was designed for providing direct hardware access under different +OS'es and architectures, so it's platform- and os-independent. + +The main project on the top of libdha is Vidix. It provides userspace +video drivers for Matrox, Ati, 3Dlabs, Trident (and it's still evolving). + +For the full list of supported OS'es read the sources, anyway here's a 'reported +as working' list (these platforms are used daily): + Linux/x86 + FreeBSD/x86 + NetBSD/x86 + Linux/PPC + +There are different ways to access the hardware, normally only ROOT can do that. +With root privileges libdha will run fine, but there are some others ways +to use it as a normal user: +1, set the SUID bit on the binary (in this way it runs with root privileges) +2, use svgalib kernel helper +3, use dhahelper (not yet finished) + +The library is based on XFree86 and gfxdump (a utility from the GATOS project) +sources. + +Original import and design by Nick Kurshev and Alex Beregszaszi. +Current maintenance and dhahelper by Alex Beregszaszi. +Svgalib kernelhelper support by Matan Ziv-Av. +(for the e-mail addresses see the AUTHORS file in MPlayer) |