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Mojtaba Ahmadi
Mojtaba Ahmadi

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developing a linux driver for X server and custom display hardware

I have asked this question at unix.stackexchange and got paradoxical answers through comments. so decided to ask it again here.

I am going to show Linux desktop environment on a LCD connected to a zynq board with ARM Cortex A9 processor. My idea is to write a driver for its Linux that sends desktop environment displaying data from X server to my hardware.

How can I write driver for kernel interacting with X server and my own hardware to show linux desktop environment?

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user149341
user149341

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The easiest way of doing this will be to write a fbdev (framebuffer device) driver for your system. Xorg already supports framebuffer devices, so it will be able to use your display with no modifications; as a bonus, the Linux console can use the framebuffer too.

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