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1 libdha - Library of Direct Hardware Access.
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2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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3 This library was designed for direct hardware access under different
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4 OS and architectures. It's not linux specific only (like harddrake
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5 and other).
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7 This library is based on gfxdump utility from GATOS project.
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8 Full list of supported OS'es see in libdha.h
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10 Note: This library requires ROOT privileges or SUID'ed executable
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11 file (same as XServer).
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12 (Or use newly developed libdha kernel helper. Look at kernelhelper/dhahelper.c)