# HG changeset patch
# User alex
# Date 1040494270 0
# Node ID 3f9940a98d7fe51b51e1f8187bd3347c4d0ca8cb
# Parent  55e80f13c826cff38a8e28370ce4e4b17f0dea99
updated

diff -r 55e80f13c826 -r 3f9940a98d7f libdha/.cvsignore
--- a/libdha/.cvsignore	Sat Dec 21 17:49:52 2002 +0000
+++ b/libdha/.cvsignore	Sat Dec 21 18:11:10 2002 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+*.o
 .depend
 pci.db
 pci_vendors.h
@@ -5,4 +6,4 @@
 pci_names.c
 pci_names.h
 pci_dev_ids.c
-libdha.so.*
+libdha.so*
diff -r 55e80f13c826 -r 3f9940a98d7f libdha/README
--- a/libdha/README	Sat Dec 21 17:49:52 2002 +0000
+++ b/libdha/README	Sat Dec 21 18:11:10 2002 +0000
@@ -1,12 +1,30 @@
-libdha - Library of Direct Hardware Access.
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-This library was designed for direct hardware access under different
-OS and architectures. It's not linux specific only (like harddrake
-and other).
+lidbha - Direct Hardware Access library
+=======================================
+
+This library was designed for providing direct hardware access under different
+OS'es and architectures, so it's platform- and os-independent.
+
+The main project on tthe top of libdha is Vidix. It provides userspace
+video drivers (Matrox, Ati, 3Dlabs, Trident).
 
-This library is based on gfxdump utility from GATOS project.
-Full list of supported OS'es see in libdha.h
+For the full list of supported OS'es read the sources, but here's a reported
+as working list (these platforms are used daily):
+ Linux/x86
+ FreeBSD/x86
+ NetBSD/x86
+ Linux/PPC
 
-Note: This library requires ROOT privileges or SUID'ed executable
-file (same as XServer).
-(Or use newly developed libdha kernel helper. Look at kernelhelper/dhahelper.c)
+There are different ways to access the hardware, normally only ROOT can do that.
+With root privileges libdha will finely run, but there are some others ways
+to use it as a normal user:
+1, set the SUID bit on the binary (in this was it runs with root priviliges)
+2, use svgalib kernel helper
+3, use dhahelper (not yet finished)
+
+The library is based on XFree86 and gfxdump (a utility from GATOS project)
+sources.
+
+Original import and design by Nick Kurshev and Alex Beregszaszi.
+Current maintenance and dhahelper by Alex Beregszaszi.
+Svgalib kernelhelper support by Matan Ziv-Av.
+(for the e-mail addresses see the AUTHORS file in MPlayer)