[haiku] Res: Re: Firefox 3+ for Haiku
- From: Michael Oliveira <michaelvoliveira@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:37:33 -0800 (PST)
Going VERY VERY off topic still...
Is possible create a ati readeon hd driver
based upon radeonhd from X driver?
Atenciosamente,
Michael Vinícius de Oliveira
----- Mensagem original ----
De: Gerald Zajac <zajacg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Para: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Enviadas: Domingo, 24 de Janeiro de 2010 21:17:23
Assunto: [haiku] Re: Firefox 3+ for Haiku
Axel Dörfler wrote:
> Fredrik Holmqvist <fredrik.holmqvist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 2010/1/24 Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Fredrik Holmqvist <fredrik.holmqvist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Right now apps is a very low priority for me though as I
>>>> can't run Haiku at a decent resolution.
>>> You're then probably the best one to fix that particular
>>> problem :-)
>> Which makes everything else a low priority :)
>> But writing a graphics driver from scratch is not that easy
>> when you never done it.
>
> Isn't there an X driver you can start with? Since you don't have to care
> about acceleration yet (we don't even use any, currently, anyway), all you
> would have to do would be memory management, and mode switching. For the
> former, the existing driver code could help a lot, and for the latter, at
> least an X driver should exist that already does the job.
>
The X drivers are a good place to start. Both the S3 and ATI video drivers
that I have done, were based upon code in the X drivers. Before I did those
drivers, I had no experience writing a video driver.
BTW, what is the video chip that you need a driver for?
-- Gerald
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