Hacker News with Generative AI: Drivers

Modern Generic SVGA driver for Windows 3.1 (github.com/PluMGMK)
This is a rewrite of the Windows 3.1 SVGA driver, designed to support ALL available 8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit or 32-bit graphic modes on any system providing the VESA BIOS Extensions (hence the VBE in the name). It is based on the Video 7 SVGA driver included in the Win16 Driver Development Kit, with most of the hardware-specific code gutted out, and with support added for multi-byte pixels.

Windows 3.1, Operating Systems, Drivers, Graphics, Retro Computing

14 points by mysterydip 14 days ago | 0 comments

Virtual CPUFreq Driver Coming with Linux 6.13 for Better Performance Within VMs (phoronix.com)
Included now for Linux 6.13 is the virtual-cpufreq driver as a virtualized CPU frequency scaling driver.

Virtualization, Linux, Performance, Operating Systems, Drivers

5 points by LinuxBender 55 days ago | 0 comments

Configuring the XpPen ACK05 Remote with Only Floss on GNU/Linux: My Investigati (davidrevoy.com)
Here is my research on how to use and configure the XPPen ACK05 Remote using only Free Libre and Open Source drivers and software under GNU/Linux. As you'll see, it's quite limited and some features just don't work. This guide will be updated as soon as I have new information on how to improve it, or as soon as new development improves support for this device.

GNU/Linux, Open Source, Hardware, Drivers, Tablets

7 points by todsacerdoti 102 days ago | 4 comments

List of banned functions for Windows drivers (microsoft.com)
This warning indicates that a function is being used that has been banned and has a more robust or secure replacement.

Windows, Security, Programming, Drivers

12 points by pjmlp 106 days ago | 0 comments

Learning about PCI-e: Driver and DMA (davidv.dev)

PCI-e, Drivers, DMA, Hardware

229 points by todsacerdoti 175 days ago | 23 comments

Driving forward in Android drivers (blogspot.com)

Android, Drivers

103 points by idiocrat 218 days ago | 9 comments

Writing an NVMe Driver in Rust [pdf] (in.tum.de)

Rust, NVMe, Operating Systems, Drivers

242 points by foooo4 234 days ago | 44 comments

Goodix Fingerprint Drivers for Linux (Or at Least Debian) (github.com/tcsenpai)