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Subject: Re: Newbie Question: How to extend the i810 driver
From: Raúl Sánchez Siles <rasasi78 () gmail ! com>
Date: 2007-09-30 10:01:39
Message-ID: fdns63$goe$1 () sea ! gmane ! org
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Joseph Adams wrote:
> I'm a newbie to driver development (of any kind) and I'm wondering
> where a good place to start learning driver development would be.
> Specifically, I want to improve (or help someone improve) the i810
> driver so the performance of an Intel 82845G/GL (my graphics chipset)
> on Linux is more on par to Windows. I really think the reduced
> framerate of many 3D games on Linux using this card is due to lack of
> support for many 3D primitive drawing functions available in the
> chipset. I just don't have a clue where to get documentation for the
> 82845G/GL or how the heck people "hack up" graphics drivers. I know
> this is a broad question, I just want to know a good starting point
> (beyond downloading and building the source code). Thanks!
>
You should give it a try to the newest intel driver, rather than i810
which is deprecated AFAIK. Look this link:
http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel.git;a=shortlog
If you want to collaborate in any development you should start with that
driver.
Regards,
--
Raúl Sánchez Siles
----->Proud Debian user<-----
Linux registered user #416098
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