Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 11:11:51 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Theo van Klaveren <havoc@Cal30B054.student.utwente.nl> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about GLIDE... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912231110280.22613-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912221811070.95260-100000@Cal30B054.student.utwente.nl>
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On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Theo van Klaveren wrote: > Hello, > > I am in the process of porting the GLIDE library to FreeBSD/i386 > which is making good progress so far. My worst enemy has been the > build system itself and the huge amount if `#ifdef __linux__' in > the code. > > I am doing this in the light of the Quake source code > release, which I'd like to play natively with 3dFX hardware... :) > (for the interested: I have already gotten the server and X11 > client to build, but I haven't tested them yet.) > > My question is about this particular piece of code in > swlibs/fxpci/pcilib/fxlinux.c, around line 70: > > if (iopl(3)<0) { > pciErrorCode = PCI_ERR_NO_IO_PERM; > return FXFALSE; > } > > Does anyone know what 'iopl(3)' is supposed to do, > and what it's equivalent on FreeBSD is (if at > all available)? > > The code this is in is about opening the /dev/3dfx device > (which is not available for FreeBSD so it'll fail anyway), > so I _could_ just remove it, but I'm not so certain... > > Also, IANAL, so could anyone tell me if the 3DFX license > permits me to publish my patches under a BSD-style license? I already ported the voodoo2 sources for Glide 2.x and Glide 3.x. You can find patches at: http://www.freebsd.org/~dfr/Glide-V2-2.53.diff http://www.freebsd.org/~dfr/Glide-V2-3.01.diff -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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