Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 22 Jul 2000 19:34:14 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Mike A. Harris" <> | Subject | Re: Direct access to hardware |
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On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Ville Herva wrote:
>> >> XFree86 >> > >> >X, dosemu and VMWare. >> >> X does, however DOSemu does not need direct access necessarily. >> It depends on how it is configured, and what you need it to do. >> >> VMware creates a virtual hardware environment which is >> implemented by talking to linux device drivers. No linux driver, >> no hardware in VMware. I do not believe VMware touches the >> hardware directly for anything, at least not according to them. > >How is DGA implemented in X? Doesn't that allow the app to talk directly >to the video card? VMWare uses that, although it is not necessary for >VMWare to work.
Correct, VMware works without DGA, but most people likely use it with DGA. I never thought of that, and am not entirely sure how DGA works...
>Of course, if you use VMWare, you propably use X.
Certainly. Good point.
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