kenny@msc.edu (Kenny Goers) (10/13/90)
Netland, I've recently purchased Coherent, a U*NX ver 7 clone for the PC. Currently I would like to write a device driver for my VGA/SVGA card (Orchid Pro II), that will allow me to use the graphic modes of the card and I don't know where to begin. I've written low level VGA/SVGA code for DOS, what I would like to know is the kind of routines one implements, under a U*NX system. Do you write a charcter or block driver? Which functions do you put in ioctl? What general functions are comtained in most UN*X video drivers? Does anyone have a generic one I can hack up? I intend this to be public domain when finished so your effort won't be wasted. Any help welcome, kenny. __ Kenny Goers (kenny@msc.edu) Minnesota Supercomputer Center, Inc.