From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Installing without graphics ?
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 16:36:55 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200006142040.QAA08102@smtp1.fas.harvard.edu> (raw)
1) Is there any way to install the system without vga and rio up
and running. I need an installed system if I am going to be able
to play with writing a driver for my card.
You could carry out an install without
vga and rio, but only by hand. You'll find
the system unusable in text mode for the
purposes of writing a video driver anyway.
Much better to get going on a different
video card first, so as to have a decent
development environment.
2) Where would be the best place to look for starting to write a
graphics driver. How much work is done by the card specific code ?
Not a lot, especially if you punt on the
hardware acceleration the first time 'round.
Mostly it's just setting up registers correctly
for the given mode.
Russ
next reply other threads:[~2000-06-14 20:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-06-14 20:36 Russ Cox [this message]
2000-06-24 19:42 ` R. J. Bradley
2000-06-26 4:44 ` Richard
2000-06-26 14:46 ` Xavier Bertou
2000-06-26 18:03 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2000-06-26 19:41 ` R. J. Bradley
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2000-06-25 2:36 Russ Cox
2000-06-14 20:18 R. J. Bradley
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