Re: [uml-devel] running XFree86 from within UML

[Andy R. <AR...@nv...>]

In NVIDIA's driver set on linux, we provide an XFree86 driver, a glx
module for the X server, an OpenGL library, and a kernel module which
effectively sits between all the other pieces and the graphics
hardware, managing the resources that our X and OpenGL drivers
require.  At this point, I've just been exploring UML as an alternative
kernel level debugging technique.

Sorry, kind of off-topic for this list, I imagine.

This is just a side project, so I don't expect to make any progress
quickly.  I'll let you know what I find, though.

Thanks,
- Andy



handles all the hardware interaction, and 


On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Jeff Dike wrote:

> AR...@nv... said:
> > my final goal is to debug a kernel module that serves as a resource
> > manager for an XFree86 driver...
> 
> Ahhh, I looked at your domain name and the fact that Xnest wasn't interesting
> to you and jumped to the conclusion that you wanted to debug video drivers 
> under UML.
> 
> Can you explain what a resource manager is?
> 
> 				Jeff
>