On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 09:38 -0400, Timothy Miller wrote: > On 8/8/06, Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Probably a good idea. I'm not sure the subject of the actual > > > programming interface has been discussed anywhere... Obviously in VGA > > > mode it needs to have the VGA register set. However what about the > > > programmatic interface for 'OGD native' mode? > > > > It is completely pointless to work on a driver -- or even call for > > driver writers -- when no specs are available. > > > > Furthermore, one can even write a driver with specs but no hardware. > > Most of my Linux drivers are written 100% from the docs, and only tested > > after the initial coding is complete. > > We will have programming interfaces soon enough. I'm just trying to > get some people ready.
Does anyone have a software emulator for the card? Someone could take that and hook it into QEMU or Bochs (both are software IA-32 CPU emulators). Such an emulator can be very useful for driver writers since they can halt the virtual machine, and even record instruction stream traces in order to "run the code backwards." -- Zan Lynx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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