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Testing and debugging SVR5 NFB drivers

Configuration with a dynamic server

The SCO X Server uses a dynamic loading mechanism to access different drivers. A new display driver is installed into the apropriate directory, in a manner similar to how a device driver exists in the kernel link kit. Each driver resides in a directory named after itself. The object modules have a specified name and pathname, shown in the following table:

Platform Object name Example: full pathname of nte8 driver
SCO OpenServer 5 XDriver.o /usr/lib/X11/dyddx/nte8/XDriver.o
SVR5 libXDriver.o /usr/X/lib/X11/dyddx/nte8/libXDriver.o

At startup, the server does the following:

As the X Server detects each graphics adapter that is configured by the user, it automatically pulls in the display driver needed for that piece of hardware.


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OpenServer 6 and UnixWare (SVR5) HDK - June 2005