Re: [Chromium-dev] Chromium "DMX for Windows"

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tir, 14.09.2004 kl. 18.40 skrev Brian Paul:
> =D8yvind Harboe wrote:
> > A while back I was looking at Chromium, but my client needed it to run
> > unmodified Windows OpenGL applications.
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> > Perhaps there is a solution to this problem at this time, but otherwise
> > I have a small piece to the puzzle that my client is interested in
> > contributing to the Chromium community, should it be interested: a
> > virtual Windows video driver.
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> > - allows any number of virtual video cards to be defined.=20
> > - GDI support(useful for rendering userinterface).
> > - OpenGL support, rendered into memory frame buffer. Tested with
> > unmodified Windows OpenGL apps, appears to run fine.
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> > I'll be happy to answer any questions and to email the source + binarie=
s
> > to anyone interested.
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> > Some more information about what Cyviz cluster wall product can be foun=
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> > on this page:
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> > http://www.cyviz.com/products_products_xed_clusterwall.html
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> I guess I'm not sure what you're saying.=20

I'll try to clarify.

The problem:

I'd like to run Windows GDI+OpenGL applications without modifying them
or using a Chromium specific launch procedure.

I believe I have a small part of the solution:

- I've written a video driver
- This video driver renders to a frame buffer in RAM instead of a
graphics card
- The "missing piece" in this video driver is the code necessary to
communicate with Chromium.=20
- Obviously someone would have to write the videodriver<->Chromimum
interface code.=20

>  If you want to contribute=20
> some code for Chromium CVS go ahead.  I'll check it in, so long as=20
> there's not a high risk of breaking things.

The video driver does not communicate in any way with Chromimum, but
perhaps it would make sense to commit it to a "work in progress"
directory?

It could be useful in encouraging discussion and minor patches to clean
up the driver in preparation for Chromium work.

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> -Brian
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=D8yvind Harboe
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