OpenServer 5 NFB Graphics Driver Development Kit
The O5xlinkit package includes utilities,
#include files, libraries, and makefiles
for developing a NFB graphics driver on OpenServer:
- X11/server/README
-
Describes how to get started
- X11/xmkddx
-
Script to create templates for your driver
- X11/server/ddx/ports/nte
-
Sample driver source
Version 7.1.0a of the O5xlinkit package differs from previous versions in
the following ways:
- Fixed compilation of statically linked Xsco binary when debugging is enabled. Debuggers like dbx and dbxtra now work correctly and no longer get the error message: 'invalid line number table' when run.
- Updated X11/server/README with additonal debugging hints.
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.
System requirements
This package has no installation dependencies.
The package can be
installed on either UnixWare 7 or OpenServer 5 (Release 5.0.5 and later)
although the tools can only be used to build and install NFB graphics
drivers on OpenServer 5 systems.
The xlinkkit contains similar tools
for developing NFB graphics drivers on UnixWare 7 systems.
The following must be installed on your OpenServer 5
system before using the O5xlinkit development tools
to develop a graphics driver:
- devsys
-
OpenServer Development System product
Do not use the UnixWare/OpenServer Development Kit (UDK)
when developing a graphics driver. The UDK contains X11R6
libraries, while the OpenServer X server must link with X11R5 libraries.
Ensure that /udk is not in your PATH when running
xmkddx or make.
Installation
Before installing this version of the O5xlinkit 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(ADM)
command to install it by entering:
- pkgadd -d /tmp/O5xlinkit
media distribution
- Log in as root.
- Insert the CD-ROM in the drive.
- Create a cdrom directory if it does not already
exist:
- mkdir /cdrom
- Mount the CD-ROM by typing:
- mount -r /dev/cd0 /cdrom
- Use the
pkgadd(ADM)
command to install it by entering:
- pkgadd -d /cdrom/O5xlinkit
Configuration
Read the instructions in X11/server/README before running X11/xmkddx.
Known limitations
The following limitations exist in this release:
-
When testing your driver with the xtests package, you must use
the UnixWare/OpenServer Development Kit instead of the OpenServer
Development System product. See the
xtests
package for more information.
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.
