On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 22:18:52 +0100, Jan Dittmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think "unified driver architecture" refers to the fact, that they have
> only one windows and one linux driver for all their cards - not that
> the windows and linux driver are the same. Though the GL library probably
> shares lots of code.
> Or am I completely wrong with this assumption?

No you are not.

I was not clear in my question. I meant to ask, if they have created
one driver for the entire Windows platform, by letting the installer
figure out what specific dll's to register (the ugly way IMHO) or if
they had actual created one big installation that would run cleanly on
any Windows version (the nice way). - same goes for Linux, do they
deal with difference in library versions on install time or have they
figured out a way to ensure that the driver will always run (using
some minimum requirements, like Glibc and XFree/Xorg versions).

On the topics of cross platform driver development, I just wanted to
know if anyone had any experience with it - my initial though was that
this would be to hard given that there is a substantial difference
between the Windows and Linux kernel (for one Windows NT is a micro
kernel (although it is a handicapped micro kernel, running all its
server process in kernel space, seams to defeat the entire purpose of
having one)).

Regards

Lars Roland,
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