Graphics Subsystem: Difference between revisions

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The Graphics Subsystem on OS/2 is divided in two components:

The Presentation Services
The System Services

Files

Presentation Services

Name	Comments
PMGRE.DLL	It is called the PM Graphics Engine. This is also an important component of Presentation Manager.
GRE2VMAN.DLL	A PM GRE to VMAN translation layer.

System Services

Name	Symbol	Comments
SOFTDRAW.DLL		Default software renderer
VMAN.DLL		Video Manager
GRADD.SYS	GRADD.SYM	GRADD Helper PDD
MGAGRADD.DLL		Matrox
M64GRADD.DLL		ATI Mach 64
NMGRADD.DLL		NeoMagic
PRODMRI.DLL		Video Service Product MRI
VGAGRADD.DLL	VGAGRADD.SYM	VGA
GENGRADD.DLL	GENGRADD.SYM	Generic
S3DGRADD.DLL		S3 ViRGE
S3GRADD.DLL		S3 Trio

Base Video Subsystem

Name	Comments	Symbol
BVHWNDW.DLL	A base video handler for textmode programs in PM windows. Used OS/2 windowed session
BVHSVGA.DLL	Super VGA Base Video Handler. Used for OS/2 full-screen sessions
BVHVGA.DLL	VGA Base Video Handler	BVHVGA.SYM
BVHINIT.DLL	Generic device handler used by system installation and system initialisation
BVHMPA.DLL	MPA Video Device Handler
GENPMI.DLL	GEN PMI-Handler	GENPMI.SYM
IBMDEV32.DLL	Retail VGA OS/2 PM SVGA Driver library
IBMVGA32.DLL	Retail VGA OS/2 PM Driver library
IBMGPMI.DLL	Generic Chip PMI-Handler	IBMGPMI.SYM
DISPLAY.DLL		DISPLAY.SYM
DSPIMRI.DLL	Display Install MRI
DSPRES.DLL	OS/2 Display Fonts
DMQSPROF.DLL	DMQS Profile Services DLL
PMI1002.DLL	ATI Mach64/Rage Refresh Rate Support
PMI1023.DLL	Refresh Rate Support for Trident
PMI5333.DLL	Refresh Rate Support for the S3 series
PMI10C8.DLL	NeoMagic GRADD Refresh Rate Support
PMI102C.DLL	PMI Extension Handler
PMI102B.DLL
RSPIMRI.DLL	Response Display Install MRI
RXVIDCFG.DLL	vRexx Videocfg Utility	RXVIDCFG.SYM
S3PMI.DLL	S3 PMI Handler	S3PMI.SYM
SBFILTER.DLL	Shadow Buffer Filter for GRADDs	SBFILTER.SYM
SVGA.DLL	SVGA Display Driver Installation DLL
SVGA.EXE
SVGADATA.PMI
SVGAIMRI.DLL	SVGA Install MRI
SVGAINST.DLL	SVGA Install
SVGAMRI.DLL	S3 Install MRI
VCFGMRI.DLL	Video Configuration MRI
VIDEOCFG.DLL	Video Configuration Manager	VIDEOCFG.SYM
VIDEOPMI.DLL	Super VGA PMI-Handler	VIDEOPMI.SYM
WINPRF.DLL	OS/2 Windows Profile Library

Articles

Links

OS/2 Warp (PowerPC Edition) A First Look - December 1995 - Page 109

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+[[Image:Graphics_Subsystem.png|thumb]]
-==Documentation==
+The Graphics Subsystem on OS/2 is divided in two components:
+* The Presentation Services
+* The System Services
 ==Files==
-{| border="1"
+===Presentation Services===
+{|class="wikitable"
+!Name!!Comments
 |-
-!Name !!Comments
+||[[PMGRE.DLL]]|| It is called the PM Graphics Engine. This is also an important component of [[Presentation Manager]].
 |-
-|| [[BVHSVGA.DLL]] ||Super VGA Base Video Handler.
+||[[GRE2VMAN.DLL]]|| A PM GRE to VMAN translation layer.
+|}
+===System Services===
+{|class="wikitable"
+!Name||Symbol||Comments
 |-
-|| [[BVHVGA.DLL]] ||VGA Base Video Handler.
+|[[SOFTDRAW.DLL]]|| ||Default software renderer
 |-
-|| [[BVHVGA.SYM]] ||VGA Base Video Handler Symbolic.
+|[[VMAN.DLL]]|| ||Video Manager
 |-
-|| [[BVHINIT.DLL]] || Generic device handler used by system installation and system initialization.
+|[[GRADD.SYS]]||GRADD.SYM||GRADD Helper PDD
 |-
-|| [[BVHMPA.DLL]] ||MPA Video Device Handler.
+|MGAGRADD.DLL|| ||Matrox
 |-
-|| [[DISPLAY.DLL]] ||
+|M64GRADD.DLL|| ||ATI Mach 64
 |-
-|| [[DISPLAY.SYM]] ||
+|NMGRADD.DLL|| ||NeoMagic
 |-
-|| [[DSPIMRI.DLL]] ||Display Install MRI.
+|[[PRODMRI.DLL]]|| ||Video Service Product MRI
 |-
-|| [[DSPRES.DLL]] ||OS/2 Display Fonts.
+|[[VGAGRADD.DLL]]||VGAGRADD.SYM||VGA
 |-
-|| [[DMQSPROF.DLL]] ||DMQS Profile Services DLL.
+|GENGRADD.DLL||GENGRADD.SYM||Generic
 |-
-|| [[GENGRADD.SYM]] ||
+|S3DGRADD.DLL|| ||S3 ViRGE
 |-
-|| [[GENPMI.DLL]] ||GEN PMI-Handler
+|S3GRADD.DLL|| ||S3 Trio
-|-
+|}
-|| [[GENPMI.SYM]] ||
-|-
+===Base Video Subsystem===
-|| [[IBMDEV32.DLL]] ||Retail VGA OS/2 PM SVGA Driver library.
+{|class="wikitable"
-|-
+!Name||Comments||Symbol
-|| [[IBMVGA32.DLL]] |||Retail VGA OS/2 PM Driver library.
-|-
-|| [[IBMGPMI.DLL]] || Generic Chip PMI-Handler.
-|-
-|| [[IBMGPMI.SYM]] ||
 |-
-|| [[PMI1002.DLL]]||ATI Mach64/Rage Refresh Rate Support.
+|[[BVHWNDW.DLL]]||A base video handler for textmode programs in PM windows. Used OS/2 windowed session
 |-
-|| [[PMI5333.DLL]]||Refresh Rate Support for the S3 series.
+|[[BVHSVGA.DLL]]||Super VGA Base Video Handler. Used for OS/2 full-screen sessions
 |-
-|| [[PMI10C8.DLL]]||
+|[[BVHVGA.DLL]]||VGA Base Video Handler||BVHVGA.SYM
 |-
-|| [[PMI102C.DLL]]||
+|[[BVHINIT.DLL]]||Generic device handler used by system installation and system initialisation
 |-
-|| [[PMI102B.DLL]]||
+|[[BVHMPA.DLL]]||MPA Video Device Handler
 |-
-|| [[PMI1023.DLL]]||
+|[[GENPMI.DLL]]||GEN PMI-Handler||GENPMI.SYM
 |-
-|| [[RSPIMRI.DLL]]||Response Display Install MRI.
+|[[IBMDEV32.DLL]]||Retail VGA OS/2 PM SVGA Driver library
 |-
-|| [[RXVIDCFG.DLL]]||
+|[[IBMVGA32.DLL]]|||Retail VGA OS/2 PM Driver library
 |-
-|| [[RXVIDCFG.SYM]]||
+|[[IBMGPMI.DLL]]||Generic Chip PMI-Handler||IBMGPMI.SYM
 |-
-|| [[S3DGRADD.DLL]]||
+|[[DISPLAY.DLL]]|| ||DISPLAY.SYM
 |-
-|| [[S3GRADD.DLL]]||
+|[[DSPIMRI.DLL]]||Display Install MRI
 |-
-|| [[S3PMI.DLL]]||
+|[[DSPRES.DLL]]||OS/2 Display Fonts
 |-
-|| [[S3PMI.SYM]]||
+|[[DMQSPROF.DLL]]||DMQS Profile Services DLL
 |-
-|| [[SBFILTER.DLL]]||
+|PMI1002.DLL||ATI Mach64/Rage Refresh Rate Support
 |-
-|| [[SBFILTER.SYM]]||
+|PMI1023.DLL||Refresh Rate Support for Trident
 |-
-|| [[SVGA.DLL]]||
+|PMI5333.DLL||Refresh Rate Support for the S3 series
 |-
-|| [[SVGA.EXE]]||
+|PMI10C8.DLL||NeoMagic GRADD Refresh Rate Support
 |-
-|| [[SVGADATA.PMI]]||
+|PMI102C.DLL||PMI Extension Handler
 |-
-|| [[SVGAIMRI.DLL]]||
+|PMI102B.DLL||
 |-
-|| [[SVGAINST.DLL]]||
+|RSPIMRI.DLL||Response Display Install MRI
 |-
-|| [[SVGAMRI.DLL]]||
+|[[RXVIDCFG.DLL]]||vRexx Videocfg Utility||RXVIDCFG.SYM
 |-
-|| [[VCFGMRI.DLL]]||
+|[[S3PMI.DLL]]||S3 PMI Handler||S3PMI.SYM
 |-
-|| [[VIDEOCFG.DLL]]||
+|[[SBFILTER.DLL]]||Shadow Buffer Filter for GRADDs||SBFILTER.SYM
 |-
-|| [[VIDEOCFG.SYM]]||
+|[[SVGA.DLL]]||SVGA Display Driver Installation DLL
 |-
-|| [[VIDEOPMI.DLL]]||
+|[[SVGA.EXE]]||
 |-
-|| [[VIDEOPMI.SYM]]||
+|[[SVGADATA.PMI]]||
 |-
-|| [[VCFGMRI.DLL]]||
+|SVGAIMRI.DLL||SVGA Install MRI
 |-
-|| [[VIDEOCFG.DLL]]||
+|SVGAINST.DLL||SVGA Install
 |-
-|| [[VIDEOCFG.SYM]]||
+|SVGAMRI.DLL||S3 Install MRI
 |-
-|| [[VIDEOPMI.DLL]]||
+|[[VCFGMRI.DLL]]||Video Configuration MRI
 |-
-|| [[VIDEOPMI.SYM]]||
+|[[VIDEOCFG.DLL]]||Video Configuration Manager||VIDEOCFG.SYM
 |-
-|| [[WINPRF.DLL]] ||
+|[[VIDEOPMI.DLL]]||Super VGA PMI-Handler||VIDEOPMI.SYM
 |-
+|[[WINPRF.DLL]]||OS/2 Windows Profile Library||
 |}
 ==Articles==
+* [[GRADD Architecture for OS/2 for the PowerPC]]
-==Replacements==
+* [[Extending the GRADD Architecture to Exploit Hardware Support for Video Acceleration]]
 ==Links==
+* [http://www.ecomstation.it/pido2/home/esterni/os2power.pdf OS/2 Warp (PowerPC Edition) A First Look] - December 1995 - Page 109
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