RE: XFree over Cygwin (Win9x, NT, Win2K)

["Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

>
> Hmm..  Ok..  I may be using older source..  There is no
> mga_shadow.c in the
> source version I have..  I think I might be using 6.3 source..

Are you using 3.3.5 or 3.9.16? 3.3.5 is X11R6.3 and 3.9.xx are
X11R6.4 based.

Suhaib

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Isaacson [mailto:adisaacs@mr-happy.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 11:26 AM
> To: Mike MacDonald
> Subject: Re: XFree over Cygwin (Win9x, NT, Win2K)
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 28, 1999 at 10:41:34AM -0500, Mike MacDonald wrote:
> > Ok, I don't know how to get to the archives, so I can
> look for more info
> on
> > ShadowFB, and linear framebuffer stuff.
>
> http://www.xfree86.org/devel/
>
> The username is devel; the password is the one you were
> sent in the
> mail that welcomed you to the devel list.
>
> > If I'm not mistaken, DX returns a
> > linear framebuffer - and theres not much that can be
> done about that.  Can
> I
> > make the ShadowFB a pointer to a DX surface?  That
> would be the best
> > solution, then DX could do the blt itself pretty
> easily, and quickly, to
> the
> > primary screen.
>
> Having a linear framebuffer should make it easy.  I don't
> know exactly
> the mechanics of how shadowfb works, but I think I just
> figured it out
> in about 30 seconds of looking at the source.  Take a look at
> drivers/mga/mga_shadow.c and drivers/mga/mga_driver.c (search for
> ShadowFB).  All you have to do is write a RefreshArea function and
> call ShadowFBInit() with it in your ScreenInit function.
>
> (The MGARefreshArea8/24/32 and MGAPointerMoved functions
> are just for
> the rotated case.)
>
> -andy
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