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MealMan401 · 11-22-2004, 12:07 PM

Hey I was wondering if it is possible to access hardware directly on a comp running some linux. Particularly the graphics hardware.

Basically I would like to be able to write directly to the video hardware while in VGA mode.
I did this in a dos enviroment but got tripped up on having to deal with far pointers and all that 16 bit jazz.

I am trying to keep away from using opengl or any other graphics packages as this is a purely academic adventure into controling pc hardware in C++/C

Thanks.

11-22-2004, 12:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
MealMan401 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 10	low level hardware access in linux Hey I was wondering if it is possible to access hardware directly on a comp running some linux. Particularly the graphics hardware. Basically I would like to be able to write directly to the video hardware while in VGA mode. I did this in a dos enviroment but got tripped up on having to deal with far pointers and all that 16 bit jazz. I am trying to keep away from using opengl or any other graphics packages as this is a purely academic adventure into controling pc hardware in C++/C Thanks.