Re: 2 questions

[Steffen S. <se...@ph...>]

Lee Brown wrote:

> Steffen,
> 
> I'm sort of getting up to speed with these drivers.  I haven't programmed
> anything really.

> But I have copied some of the other drivers, and I guess
> most of the work is just fleshing them out.

Could you send me the stuff you have done so far?
Did you use the templates and scripts to generate the new drivers?

> Here is a list of the various sorts of registers on my card.
> Where do you recommend I start?
> 
> vga -  I understand these.
> 
> extension-

Get an idea of those, especially about programming the timings.
 
> video clock -

These should be easiest, the PLL and/or fixed clock drivers are the easiest
to write.

> memory clock -

Ignore these for the beginning.

> ramdac -

Check these first, and try to figure out how you need to access the RAMDAC
(e.g. all indexed registers?) This is required to design the interface
between DAC and chipset drivers.
 
> 3D acceleration -  These probably come last.

Ignore them for the beginning.


			Steffen

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