Hi David,
david writes:
> hi i sent you an email some time ago but have not got any reply
>
> i need some help FAST! as the driver is now veary close to ready !!
> can you let me know even if some one is looking into it i think this
> is a vary good driver and i wont to get it relest as soon as!!
> i am know using ./accel/nvxf for my driver
>
> the email i sent you is
>
> hi i am writing a new driver for xfree86
>
> A long time ago i registered is an xf-developer working on an S3 driver but the
> S3 driver did not go any ware and it is now closed but i think i am stall registered
> for that project so can someone help me close the S3 project and open my new one ?
Hm, this must have been a long time ago.
You don't need to register as a developer any more.
You can send a diff (or if you are sending a completely
new driver) a tarball of the driver to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The driver will be looked over quickly and if OK will
be included into CVS.
>
> my new driver is called NVXF for (NVIDIA xfree86)
> i no there is all ready a NV driver for xfree but this driver is so different
> it supports full hardware accel 2D / 3D 32 bpp on (NV04 , NV05) chips (NV1x - NV2x)
>soon
> it uses DMA for 2D / 3D commands and most image transfers
> and has BIOS level init code for non boot cards
Sounds good.
>
> the driver is about 80% written for 3.3.6 i want to parallel build the 4.x.x driver
> at the same time as the 3.3.6 as the HW cores are the same
>
> can i have the GLX 3D part in the driver itself for 3.3.6 and 4.x.x ?
The development of 3.3.x is discontinued.
We don't include new drivers in 3.3.x any more.
You should get a cvs version of 4.2.99.x or wait
for the 4.3 tarball to come out and concentrate
your development to this version.
For the 3D part you should use the Direct Rendering Infrastructure.
Take a look at:
http://dri.sourceforge.net/
to find further information on how to implement the DRI modules
for your driver.
>
> i have some problems
>
> to start quickly i just roat over the I128 driver in
>xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/accel/i128
> so i need help on how to properly link my driver in
> if possible i wold like the dir xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/accel/nvxf for 3.3.6
> and xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nvxf for 4.x.x
That would be the right place, yes.
>
> can some one help me on where to put the reference to my driver in the Makefile
> and the like
You don't have to put into any Imakefile. You should only add it
to xc/config/cf/xfree86.cf for the OS you whish to build it for.
>
> also can i set up a developer mail list for this driver ?
>
>
It has been decided to discontinue the driver specific mailing lists.
Feel free to subscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to discuss your issues
there.
Egbert.
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