"Mike A. Harris" wrote:
>
> >c) There are limited projects - cards are usually not supported because of
> >an nVidia-like situation or have a well known "guru" doing the coding. No
> >nice easy intros to coding drivers.
>
> The DESIGN document is pretty much a good start.
If one can get it. It seems to me one would have to do much begging
and grovelling to get such a document, even if the intention to make
a DRI driver for the chipset is totally genuine. Which is why I applaud
Matrox for being so progressive, wrt releasing its chip specs (after proper
registeration
with its website, of course ;) )
>
>
> >There are other reasons too of course.
>
> The main reason IMHO is that XFree86 is very large and takes many
> months to be able to just navigate the source tree, and begin to
> understand the Imake build system, etc. As in kernel
> development, one must have a deep interest in overcoming the
> initial learning curves to get seriously involved in something
> like this. It certainly isn't a one-nighter thing one can just
> pick up.
>
> What might however help newcomers to XFree86 development (of
> which I still very much consider myself BTW) is more
> documentation on things, examples, etc. That will come in time
> though I believe. Perhaps new developers would be interested in
> coordinating some FAQ docs or a "Learning to hack XFree86"
> website? Sourceforge project?
>
Or, why not scrap XFree86 altogether? I know the DRI goal was to add 3D
rendering to the XFree server, but that just adds complexity to the initial
framework, IMO.
The X server code was already big enough before the DRI ever took shape...and
it was
initially designed as a 2D renderer.
Pro: the newbie learning curve would be restricted to 3D issues.
Con: it's a massive redesign. It may be too late to do this.
Then again, just my 0.02$ USD.
/ice.
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