Fun with graphics drivers
Categories: Linux
As I mentioned in the previous post, I’ve been having interesting experiences with the radeon graphics driver. While helping the real experts to diagnose the issues, I of course read some of the code and was rather frustrated that it made so little sense to me. This kernel stuff is complicated!
I did some research, and have written up the results in case it is useful to someone else. So, for your reading pleasure (drumroll)…
- The PCI Bus
- Linux Framebuffer Drivers
- Modern Graphics Card APIs
- DRM and KMS kernel drivers
- An overview of the Linux graphics stack (coming soon)