max at bruningsystems.com wrote:
> Laszlo (Laca) Peter wrote:
>> Sounds awesome, looking forward to using it :)
>>
>> I suggest contacting the Tamarack project [1] regarding HAL
>> and the X Window System community [2] regarding X.Org.
>> Albert Lee (Cc'd - Trisk) has also done some work porting
>> linuxwacom to Solaris. The spec files[3] are here:
>> http://pkgbuild.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pkgbuild/spec-files-extra/trunk/SFExorg-input-wacom.spec?view=log
>>
> I have taken a look at the spec file, and I guess I don't understand
> it. It looks
> like a specification for building the linux Xorg (xdrv) package for Solaris.
> How is this supposed to work without kernel support? Or am I missing
> something?
Most Xorg drivers have no specific kernel counterpart but use generic
kernel drivers. Keyboard & mouse have specific drivers, but other
input drivers generally use the generic serial or USB drivers to
connect to the device and handle whatever protocol is needed in the user
space code. The x86 video drivers use /dev/xsvc to reach right through
the kernel to the PCI config space and device registers/memory.
Of course, this isn't a good situation, and we know kernel drivers
are needed for supporting things like suspend-and-resume, but haven't
had the time, hardware, or information to write kernel drivers for
all of the devices we have Xorg drivers for.
--
-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
