Ask HN： 90 年代的显卡驱动程序是如何编写的？
1 分•作者: ferguess_k•8 个月前
我读了这篇文档，彻底惊呆了。<p>https://www.haiku-os.org/legacy-docs/benewsletter/Issue4-8.html<p>我做过一些简单的嵌入式驱动开发，但即使是 90 年代的显卡，在我看来也像个庞然大物。<p>我认为关于这个主题的书籍并不多——我们最好的参考是《Linux 设备驱动程序》，而且我认为没有任何一本书会深入探讨显卡驱动程序的开发。如果我想了解细节，我可能会阅读 OSS 驱动程序的源代码。<p>我想知道是否有更多类似这样的故事或博客（也许在 80 年代也有，还记得那些 Hercules 显卡吗？）。一想到坐在格子间里，为设备驱动程序编写代码，到处阅读文档，在每一个坚实的壁垒上碰壁直到我开始看到代码在空中浮现，一杯接一杯地猛灌咖啡，熬夜到深夜……这真的让我感到温暖。我知道这比真实的故事要浪漫得多，但我忍不住去想象。
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I read this doc and it completely blew my mind.<p>https://www.haiku-os.org/legacy-docs/benewsletter/Issue4-8.html<p>I have done a few simple embedded driver development but graphic cards, even in the 90s, look like beasts to me.<p>I don't think there is any books on this topic -- the best thing we have is Linux Device Driver, and I don't think any book is going to dive deep into graphic card driver development. If I want to know the details, I'll probably read the source code of OSS drivers.<p>I'm wondering if there are more stories or blogs like this (maybe in the 80s too, remember those Hercules cards?). It really warms me up thinking about sitting in a cube, writing code for device drivers, reading docs everywhere, banging my head on every solid wall until I start to see code in air, quaffing coffee one by one, going into deep night...I know it's way more romantic than the real story but I can't keep myself wondering about it.