Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 22921:763b777ac80b
moved old README file from libdha dir to vidix one
| author | ben |
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| date | Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:00:11 +0000 |
| parents | 320d9b360a3b |
| children | 5db0b03d657a |
| files | libdha/README vidix/README.dha |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/libdha/README Sat Apr 07 17:41:17 2007 +0000 +++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ -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 the top of libdha is Vidix. It provides userspace -video drivers for Matrox, Ati, 3Dlabs, Trident (and it's still evolving). - -For the full list of supported OS'es read the sources, anyway here's a 'reported -as working' list (these platforms are used daily): - Linux/x86 - FreeBSD/x86 - NetBSD/x86 - Linux/PPC - -There are different ways to access the hardware, normally only ROOT can do that. -With root privileges libdha will run fine, but there are some others ways -to use it as a normal user: -1, set the SUID bit on the binary (in this way it runs with root privileges) -2, use svgalib kernel helper -3, use dhahelper (not yet finished) - -The library is based on XFree86 and gfxdump (a utility from the 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)
--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/vidix/README.dha Sat Apr 07 18:00:11 2007 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +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 the top of libdha is Vidix. It provides userspace +video drivers for Matrox, Ati, 3Dlabs, Trident (and it's still evolving). + +For the full list of supported OS'es read the sources, anyway here's a 'reported +as working' list (these platforms are used daily): + Linux/x86 + FreeBSD/x86 + NetBSD/x86 + Linux/PPC + +There are different ways to access the hardware, normally only ROOT can do that. +With root privileges libdha will run fine, but there are some others ways +to use it as a normal user: +1, set the SUID bit on the binary (in this way it runs with root privileges) +2, use svgalib kernel helper +3, use dhahelper (not yet finished) + +The library is based on XFree86 and gfxdump (a utility from the 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)