On Llu, 2005-01-03 at 14:46, Sjoerd Langkemper wrote: > Hello, > > I would like 3D acceleration for my on-board Trident Cyberblade (VIA > PLE133), in order to run 3D apps (e.g. games and glxgears) faster. What > do I have to program in order to get this done?
You would need to write - Locking hooks for the X server driver for the trident - A kernel module to supervise the access to the video chip and remove unsafe commands - A 3D graphics driver library for MESA A few tiny starting points exist in the form of some bad documentation for the cyberblade and some very early code for an old MESA that was written by Alan Hourihane and then abandoned before it even drew triangles. It depends what your interests are. If you want to master 3D graphics driver writing and have six months to spare you can have great fun. If you just want a VIA EPIA with working 3D support then the newer chipset (VIA CLE266) DRI is very close to working and you might want to just upgrade hardware and join that effort ? ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
