diff README.QNX @ 3083:0bc41e0361d3

Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:27:42 +0200 From: "Mike Gorchak" Subject: About QNX support in SDL 1.3 Right now I'm working on QNX SDL 1.3 drivers implementation and looks like a lot of code must be completely reworked. But I'm ready for it :) Also I want to add QNX Graphics Framework SDL driver, which is fullscreen graphics framework, with support of hardware accelerated OpenGL ES implementations. This Graphics Framework (called GF in QNX) could also use QNX Photon (window manager GUI) as window manager. In the attachment initial patch for QNX support in SDL 1.3
author Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
date Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:21:51 +0000
parents 05c551e5bc64
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--- a/README.QNX	Fri Feb 27 09:51:55 2009 +0000
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 README.QNX by Mike Gorchak <mike@malva.ua>, <lestat@i.com.ua>
-Last changed at 24 Apr 2004.
-
-======================================================================
-Table of Contents:
-
-1. OpenGL.
-2. Wheel and multi-button mouses.
-3. CDROM handling issues.
-4. Hardware video overlays.
-5. Shared library building.
-6. Some building issues.
-7. Environment variables.
-
-======================================================================
-1. OpenGL:
-
-    OpenGL works well and is stable, but fullscreen mode has not  been
-heavily tested yet.
-    If you have QNX RtP version 6.1.0 or above you must  download  the
-Photon3D runtime from http://developers.qnx.com or install it from the
-public repository or from the public CD, available with QNX. OS versi-
-ons below 6.1.0 are not supported.
-    When creating an OpenGL context, software renderer mode is artifi-
-cially selected (QSSL made acceleration  only  for  Voodoo  boards  in
-fullscreen mode, sorry but I don't have this board  to  test  OpenGL -
-maybe it works or maybe not :)). If you  want  acceleration - you  can
-remove one line in the source code: find the  file SDL_ph_image.c  and
-remove the following
-
-    OGLAttrib[OGLargc++]=PHOGL_ATTRIB_FORCE_SW;
-     
-line in the ph_SetupOpenGLContext() function or change the argument to
-PHOGL_ATTRIB_FORCE_HW or PHOGL_ATTRIB_FAVOR_HW.
-
-======================================================================
-2. Wheel and multi-button mouses:
-
-    Photon emits  keyboard  events (key up and  down)  when the  mouse
-wheel is moved. The key_scan field appears valid, and it contains zero.
-That is a basic method of detecting  mouse  wheel events under Photon.
-It looks like a hack, but it  works for me :) on various PC configura-
-tions.
-
-I've tested it on:
-
-1. Genius Optical NetScroll/+ PS/2 (1 wheel)
-2. A4Tech Optical GreatEye WheelMouse PS/2,  model: WOP-35.  (2 wheels
-   + 2 additional buttons). The wheel for vertical scrolling  works as
-   usual, but the second wheel for horizontal scrolling emits  two se-
-   quential events up or down, so it can provide faster scrolling than
-   the first wheel. Additional buttons don't emit  any  events, but it
-   looks like they're handled by photon in an unusual way - like click
-   to front, but works not with any window, looks like a fun bug-o-fe-
-   ature :).
-
-======================================================================
-3. CDROM handling issues:
-
-    Access to CDROM can only be  provided  with  'root'  privileges. I
-can't do anything about that, /dev/cd0 has brw------- permissions  and
-root:root rights.
-
-======================================================================
-4. Hardware video overlays:
+Last changed at 02 Mar 2009.
 
-    Overlays can flicker  during  window  movement,  resizing, etc. It
-happens because the photon driver updates the real window contents be-
-hind the overlay, then draws the temporary chroma key color  over  the
-window contents. It can be done without using the chroma key but  that
-causes the overlay to always be on top. So  flickering  during  window
-movement is preferred instead.
-    Double buffering code is temporarily disabled in the photon driver
-code, because on my GF2-MX it can accidentally cause a buffer  switch,
-which causes the old frame to show. S3 Savage4 has the  same  problem,
-but ATI Rage 128 doesn't. I think it can be fixed later. Current  code
-works very well, so maybe double buffering is not needed right now.
-    Something strange happens when you try to move the window with the
-overlay beyond the left border  of the screen. The  overlay  tries  to
-stay at position x=0, but when attempting to move it  a  bit  more  it
-jumps to position x=-60 (on GF2-MX, on ATI Rage128 this  value  a  bit
-smaller). It's really strange, looks  like  the  overlay  doesn't like
-negative coordinates.
-
-=======================================================================
-5. Shared library building:
-
-    A shared library can be built, but before running  the  autogen.sh
-script you must manually delete the libtool.m4 stuff from the acinclu-
-de.m4 file (it comes after the ESD detection code up to the end of the
-file), because the libtool stuff in the acinclude.m4 file was very old
-in SDL distribution before the version 1.2.7 and doesn't knew anything
-about QNX. SDL 1.2.7 distribution contains the  new libtool.m4 script,
-but anyway  it  is  broken :), Just  remove  it, then  run "libtoolize
---force --copy",  delete the file aclocal.m4 if it is exists and after
-that run the  autogen.sh script. SDL 1.2.8 contains  fixed libtool.m4,
-ltmain.sh and config.sub files, so you  can  just  run  the autogen.sh
-script.
-
-======================================================================
-6. Some building issues:
-
-    Feel free to not use the --disable-shared configure option if you'
-ve read the above comment about 'Shared  library  building'. Otherwise
-this  option  is  strongly  recommended, as  without it the sdl-config
-script will be broken.
-
-    Run the configure script without x11 support, e.g.:
-
-    a) for OpenGL support:
-    ./configure --prefix=/usr           \
-                --disable-video-x11     \
-                --disable-shared
-
-    b) without OpenGL support:
-    ./configure --prefix=/usr           \
-                --disable-video-x11     \
-                --disable-shared        \
-                --disable-video-opengl
-
-    And of course dont forget to specify --disable-debug, which  is on
-by default, to disable debug and enable the expensive optimizations.
-
-    In the test directory also run the ./configure script without
-x11 support, e.g.:
-
-    ./configure  --with-sdl-prefix=/usr            \
-                 --with-sdl-exec-prefix=/usr       \
-                 --prefix=/usr --without-x
-
-======================================================================
-7. Environment variables:
-
-    Please note that the photon driver  is  sensible to the  following
-environmental variables:
-
- * SDL_PHOTON_FULLSCREEN_REFRESH - this environment variable  controls
-the refresh  rate  in  all  fullscreen  modes. Be  carefull !!! Photon
-drivers usually do not checking the maximum  refresh rate, which video
-adapter or monitor supports.
-
- * SDL_VIDEO_WINDOW_POS - can be  set in the "X,Y" format.  If X and Y
-coordinates are bigger than the current desktop resolution, then  win-
-dow positioning across  virtual  consoles is activated. If X and Y are
-smaller than the desktop resolution  then  window  positioning  in the
-current console is activated. The word "center" can be used instead of
-coordinates, it  produces  the  same  behavior  as  SDL_VIDEO_CENTERED
-environmental variable.
-
- * SDL_VIDEO_CENTERED - if this environmental variable exists then the
-window centering is perfomed in the current virtual console.
-
-Notes: The SDL_VIDEO_CENTERED enviromental  variable  has greater pri-
-ority than the SDL_VIDEO_WINDOW_POS in case if both variables are sup-
-plied to the application.
+QNX Photon and GF drivers are under construction. Please be patient.