2010/9/7 Timo Juhani Lindfors
> Vilius Mockūnas writes:
> > It looks like Xorg drivers on Linux platform are NOT kernel modules.
> > Could someone explain, or better point some brief document - what these
> Xorg
> > drivers are and how they are implemented ?
> > (some call them Xorg modules)
>
>
Vilius Mockūnas writes:
> ast_drv.so ch7xxx.so i810_drv.so r128_drv.so
> savage_drv.so tfp410.so voodoo_drv.so
> ati_drv.so cirrus_alpine.so intel_drv.so r500_drv.so
> sil164.so trident_drv.so
> atimisc_drv.so cirrus_drv.so ivch.so rade
))It looks like Xorg drivers on Linux platform are NOT kernel modules. Could
someone explain, or better point some brief document - what these Xorg drivers
are and how they are implemented ?
Sorry about the top-posting, let's try that again :)
The xorg drivers run in userspace, called by the X
called (predictably) Kernel ModeSetting or KMS.
From: xorg-bounces+john.bridgman=amd@lists.freedesktop.org
To: xorg@lists.freedesktop.org
Sent: Tue Sep 07 09:29:04 2010
Subject: Xorg driver explanation on Linux?
Hello,
It looks like Xorg drivers on Linux
Vilius Mockūnas writes:
> It looks like Xorg drivers on Linux platform are NOT kernel modules.
> Could someone explain, or better point some brief document - what these Xorg
> drivers are and how they are implemented ?
> (some call them Xorg modules)
Hmm, what do you mean? They are drivers for va
Hello,
It looks like Xorg drivers on Linux platform are NOT kernel modules.
Could someone explain, or better point some brief document - what these Xorg
drivers are and how they are implemented ?
(some call them Xorg modules)
thanks
Vilius
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