FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: VMware driver/accelerant

["Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Eric,

Eric Petit <titer@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>   I've started to work on a VMware graphic driver for BeOS/Haiku. 
> It's  
> basically working now, I can't say it's noticeably faster than VESA  
> (it only implements RECT_BLIT) but it's nice being able to use any  
> resolution (and without rebooting). Cursor is implemented as well, 
> but  
> disabled for now since it's a bit buggy.

Very nice! Haiku is using software cursor only at this time, anyway, so 
that shouldn't hurt :-)

>   I uploaded a tarball there: http://lapsus.org/~titer/vmware-driver.tar.gz
> >   Mandatory screenshot:  http://lapsus.org/~titer/vmware-driver.png
> 
>   It'd be nice if someone could take the time and include it in Haiku  
> - this is my first driver ever, someone more experienced should have 
> a  
> look ;). It's based on Be's sample driver and parts of my code are  
> inspired by the X.org driver, all this should be MIT-compatible (?).

It seems you don't follow our coding style at all (which would be nice 
for eventual further contributions, especially if done for Haiku), but 
since that didn't prevent us from accepting other drivers, I don't see 
why it should prevent us from accepting it.

>   Let me know what you think / whether it works for you, thanks!

I don't have VMware around, but I can include it in the repository. Is 
your driver only inspired by the X.org drivers, or did you copy code 
from it? IOW can I add the missing MIT copyright lines to the code?

Bye,
   Axel.