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1 lidbha - Direct Hardware Access library
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2 =======================================
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4 This library was designed for providing direct hardware access under different
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5 OS'es and architectures, so it's platform- and os-independent.
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7 The main project on the top of libdha is Vidix. It provides userspace
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8 video drivers for Matrox, Ati, 3Dlabs, Trident (and it's still evolving).
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10 For the full list of supported OS'es read the sources, anyway here's a 'reported
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11 as working' list (these platforms are used daily):
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12 Linux/x86
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13 FreeBSD/x86
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14 NetBSD/x86
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15 Linux/PPC
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17 There are different ways to access the hardware, normally only ROOT can do that.
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18 With root privileges libdha will run fine, but there are some others ways
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19 to use it as a normal user:
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20 1, set the SUID bit on the binary (in this way it runs with root privileges)
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21 2, use svgalib kernel helper (please read the comment in the Makefile)
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22 3, use dhahelper (not yet finished)
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24 The library is based on XFree86 and gfxdump (a utility from the GATOS project)
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25 sources.
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26
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27 Original import and design by Nick Kurshev and Alex Beregszaszi.
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28 Current maintenance and dhahelper by Alex Beregszaszi.
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29 Svgalib kernelhelper support by Matan Ziv-Av.
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30 (for the e-mail addresses see the AUTHORS file in MPlayer)