Accelerated Graphic Cards: Difference between revisions

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Now, if you have a VIA graphics chip, things may be better since they recently released an [http://linux.via.com.tw/ open source driver] for both 2D and 3D operations.
 
There are virtually no tutorials or datasheets for the 2D acceleration features either, but at least we have open-source code for them. Among other sources, the Xfree drivers, [httphttps://cvsgithub.sourceforge.netcom/viewcvs.pyhaiku/open-beoshaiku/currenttree/master/src/add-ons/accelerants/ Haiku (was Open BeOS) accelerants] and [http://www.shawnhargreaves.com/freebe/ FreeBE/AF]. They may provide enough information to reverse-engineer and figure out a model that could be used to program/port for your environment. Some older cards with only 2D acceleration might be documented by the [http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2008/readings/hardware/vgadoc/ VGADoc].
 
Anyone who wishes to put time into that kind of research is welcome to post their results here.
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