nanogui: nano-X driver stability discussion
Subject:
RE: nano-X driver stability discussion
From:
Greg Haerr ####@####.####
Date:
20 May 1999 16:29:02 -0000
Message-Id: <01BEA2AB.5A2BA670.greg@censoft.com>
On Wednesday, May 19, 1999 6:13 PM, Alex Holden ####@####.#### wrote:
> On Wed, 19 May 1999, Greg Haerr wrote:
> > I would like to have a nano-X release that is stable, while you, I and
> > others work on all sorts of neat stuff, like blitting, window managers, keyboard
> > events, more low level drivers, and other platforms.
>
> The plan is to get all the immediate major changes done (like rewriting
> the networking code) done before 0.5, and then debug them through the
> 0.6pre series, to get something which is both well featured and fairly
> stable by 0.6. 0.5pre1 only works in the case that you use the CFB8 driver
> (and presumably your DOS drivers) and the "application compiled into the
> server" configuration.
Okay. I admit I haven't spent too much time playing with the client/server
configuration. (Also there was a bug in the GrText() call over the network
that I never could figure out)
I don't want to even consider releasing 0.5 until
> the networked version and the other FB drivers work.
Probably a good idea. I was just looking for some stable driver
release.
So, I don't know,
> it's up to you whether you want to wait until the full 0.5 or keep using
> 0.5pre1, which works on your specific preferred setup.
I'll wait. BTW, I've created a portable VGA 4 planes driver that
runs unmodifed on linux, dos, and elks. My first release included assembly
language, but, after looking at Ben's bogl-vga16.c, I have found a way to
make a common driver from it that doesn't include os specific headers...
>
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