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From: Mike W. <we...@cs...> - 2003-01-25 03:01:51
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Rick Jones wrote: >I have acquired a Silicon Motion, Inc. Lynx3DM (SM720) >chip databook. I have a board with shared video >memory and 4MB on the chip. > You don't describe the circumstances under which you acquired the databook, but you should be -real sure- that the company won't take offense before you make any releated code available. > > >My plans are.. >1. Making a minor patch to the XFree driver for this >chip (to do a Left/Right mirror image). > -- I hope to get my feet wet so to say with >communicating with this chip with this. > Some would say there is no such thing as a "minor" patch to XFree...especially the first patch, but that is a sensible approach. > > >2. Making a DRI driver for this chip. > >Considering this is a completely NEW driver for this >project, is it better to make a preliminary driver >first before getting cvs access to commit? > YES!! You should be able to build it and test it in every torturous way you can think of before even thinking of committing it. > > >Rick > > >______________________________________________________________________ >Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.NET email is sponsored by: >SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! >http://www.vasoftware.com >_______________________________________________ >Dri-devel mailing list >Dri...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel > > |