UnixWare 7 NFB Graphics Driver Development Kit
The xlinkkit package includes utilities,
#include files, libraries, and makefiles
for developing a NFB graphics driver for UnixWare 7:
- /usr/src/ihvkit/display/README
-
Describes how to get started
- /usr/src/ihvkit/display/xmkddx
-
Script to create templates for your driver
- /usr/src/ihvkit/display/Xserver/hw/sco/ports/nte
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Sample driver source
Version 7.1.0 of the xlinkkit package differs from previous versions
in the following ways:
For current information about the entire UnixWare/OpenServer
Hardware Developers Kit (HDK) release, see the
HDK Release Notes.
Note: Documentation references on this page link to the
Product Documentation.
They are also available on your local system when the
baseMAN, HDKdoc, and HDKman
packages are installed.
System requirements
This package has the following dependencies:
- base
-
Base System
- basex
-
X11R6 Base X runtime
- xfonts
-
X11R6 Fonts
- xserver
-
X11R6 X Server
This package cannot be installed on OpenServer systems.
Similar tools for OpenServer are provided in the
O5xlinkit package.
Before attempting to build and package drivers
with the X Link Kit, you must also install the following packages
on your UnixWare 7 system:
- usoftint
-
Software Packaging Tools (included with the UDK)
- cmds
-
Advanced Commands
See the UDK documentation for more information.
Installation
Before installing this version of the xlinkkit package
on your system, you must remove any earlier versions.
To install the package from:
downloaded files
- Log in as root.
- Download the package to an installation directory; for
example,
/tmp.
- Use the
pkgadd(1M)
command to install it by entering:
- pkgadd -d /tmp/xlinkkit
media distribution
- Log in as root.
- Insert the CD-ROM in the drive
- Use the
pkgadd(1M)
command to install it by entering:
- pkgadd -d cdrom1 xlinkkit
Configuration
All files are extracted to the /usr/src/ihvkit/display directory.
Read the instructions in README in this directory before running
the xmkddx script to create driver templates.
For more information
More information concerning NFB graphics drivers may be found in
Developing NFB graphics adapter driver.
The
xtests
package contains test suites
that can be used to test NFB graphics drivers on both
OpenServer and UnixWare 7 systems.
