Where to start on video/display drivers, FL2000

[safetycaptain]

Hi' i'd like to create a display driver for the FL2000.

If anyone is familiar with the flow of data from Xorg to a buffer fed to a device that causes lights..... I would love to try my hand at this.

[TheFu]

GPU developers don't hangout here.
I would start there: https://github.com/FrescoLogic/FL2000 , but it appears that code hasn't been worked on in years and won't work with any supported version of Ubuntu.

[safetycaptain]

I've gotten the kernel module compiled and installed, I've also got Linus Torvalds smiling on a vga display off to the side of my cluttered desk. (https://bitbucket.org/mgulin/fl2000_show_static/src/master/)
So I know I have a few things to better understand
Xorg, Display managers, really the entire X system, I've got a small overview of compiling kernel modules ( https://github.com/FrescoLogic/FL2000) but now i need to figure out who's in charge or producing data , the video buffer, the management... etc

[safetycaptain]

https://www.x.org/wiki/DeveloperStart/
Jackpot, I'll keep a thread here on what i learn along the way.

https://www.x.org/wiki/guide/xorg.svg

Next step, ddx

[safetycaptain]

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/~jbarnes/xf86-video-intel/

[safetycaptain]

https://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/HowVideoCardsWork/

Sadly the intro to writing a video driver is broken https://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/XorgVideoHOWTO/