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+/* vga.h - Interface for VGA hardware access.
+ Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Written by Marcus Brinkmann.
+
+ This file is part of the GNU Hurd.
+
+ The GNU Hurd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at
+ your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU Hurd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA. */
+
+#ifndef _VGA_H_
+#define _VGA_H_ 1
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+
+/* The VGA interface does not do locking on its own, for maximum
+ efficiency it relies on locking by the caller (because usually the
+ caller has some other data structures to lock along with the
+ VGA hardware. */
+
+/* The mapped video memory. */
+extern char *vga_videomem;
+
+/* Initialize the VGA hardware and set up the permissions and memory
+ mappings. */
+error_t vga_init (void);
+
+/* Release the resources and privileges associated with the VGA
+ hardware access. */
+void vga_deinit (void);
+
+/* Write DATALEN bytes from DATA to the font buffer BUFFER, starting
+ from glyph index. */
+void vga_write_font_buffer (int buffer, int index, char *data, size_t datalen);
+
+/* Read DATALEN bytes into DATA from the font buffer BUFFER, starting
+ from glyph INDEX. */
+void vga_read_font_buffer (int buffer, int index, char *data, size_t datalen);
+
+/* Set FONT_BUFFER_SUPP to FONT_BUFFER if the font is small. */
+void vga_select_font_buffer (int font_buffer, int font_buffer_supp);
+
+/* Enable (if ON is true) or disable (otherwise) the cursor. Expects
+ the VGA hardware to be locked. */
+void vga_display_cursor (int on);
+
+/* Set the cursor position to POS, which is (x_pos + y_pos * width). */
+void vga_set_cursor (int pos);
+
+#endif /* _VGA_H_ */