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lidbha - Direct Hardware Access library
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This library was designed for providing direct hardware access under different
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OS'es and architectures, so it's platform- and os-independent.
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2002-12-21 18:13:55 +00:00
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The main project on the top of libdha is Vidix. It provides userspace
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video drivers for Matrox, Ati, 3Dlabs, Trident (and it's still evolving).
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For the full list of supported OS'es read the sources, anyway here's a 'reported
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as working' list (these platforms are used daily):
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Linux/x86
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FreeBSD/x86
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NetBSD/x86
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Linux/PPC
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There are different ways to access the hardware, normally only ROOT can do that.
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With root privileges libdha will finely run, but there are some others ways
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to use it as a normal user:
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1, set the SUID bit on the binary (in this way it runs with root priviliges)
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2, use svgalib kernel helper
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3, use dhahelper (not yet finished)
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2002-12-21 18:13:55 +00:00
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The library is based on XFree86 and gfxdump (a utility from the GATOS project)
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sources.
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Original import and design by Nick Kurshev and Alex Beregszaszi.
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Current maintenance and dhahelper by Alex Beregszaszi.
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Svgalib kernelhelper support by Matan Ziv-Av.
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(for the e-mail addresses see the AUTHORS file in MPlayer)
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