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git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@14568 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
2005-01-21 21:36:30 +00:00
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bin binary drivers 2002-01-04 10:30:50 +00:00
dhahelperwin 10l 2004-05-09 17:36:44 +00:00
kernelhelper changed my non-working mail address 2003-07-13 14:48:19 +00:00
oth Radeon R200 QM (Radeon 9100) support patch by Simone <beniamino.scanzoni at fastwebnet.it> 2004-12-20 23:43:54 +00:00
sysdep x86-64 (amd64) support by Kenny Root 2004-06-26 12:40:56 +00:00
.cvsignore updated 2002-12-21 18:11:10 +00:00
AsmMacros.h Improved readability and new stuffs 2002-01-15 08:33:09 +00:00
config.h svgalib kernelhelper support (based on patch by Matan Ziv-Av <matan@svgalib.org>) and some reordering/cleanup (part #1 ;) 2002-12-20 21:07:27 +00:00
libdha.c openbsd xf86 aperture support 2005-01-21 21:36:30 +00:00
libdha.h Ignore disabled cards. (Jon Burgess <jburgess@uklinux.net>) 2003-03-31 00:14:36 +00:00
Makefile Install libdha into LIBDIR. 2005-01-01 14:45:11 +00:00
mtrr.c warning & newline fixes by Dominik Mierzejewski <dominik@rangers.eu.org> 2002-06-07 22:43:29 +00:00
pci_db2c.awk Fix typo and some updates. 2002-01-12 20:47:55 +00:00
pci.c x86-64 (amd64) support by Kenny Root 2004-06-26 12:40:56 +00:00
README spelling + grammar 2003-12-31 21:33:28 +00:00
test.c occured --> occurred typo patch by Clinton Roy <croy@dstc.edu.au> 2003-12-24 22:00:51 +00:00

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)