XserverSourceLayout

Xserver Directory Layout

XXX: Add more directories, such as miext/ and the hw/kdrive/ subdirectories.

*Name*	*Explanation*
dix/	The device independent parts of X, for example the code used for dispatching requests (see Dispatch() in dix/dispatch.c) and handling resources. main() is located in this directory in main.c.
doc/	Less documentation than would be expected - contains the X server man page and an explanation of the scheduler.
fb/	Code for doing graphical operations on framebuffer surfaces, for example blitting and compositing images.
hw/	Hardware dependent code, driver APIs and configuration file operations.
hw/dmx/	Distributed Multi-Head X code - well documented in hw/dmx/doc/html/index.html.
hw/kdrive/	The  and associated code.
hw/xfree86/	Code associated with unix-like OSes, such as Linux or BSD.
hw/xquartz/	Mac OS X specific code.
hw/xwin/	Cygwin/X code, for running on Windows machines.
include/	Xserver include files lie here.
mi/	Machine independent code, used for things like high-level graphical operations. Makes calls down to the fb/ code through function pointers in screens, windows or gcs.
os/	Operating system dependent code that does not control hardware, things like authentication, or processing arguments passed to the server (see ProcessCommandLine() in util.c for example).
randr/	Code for the  extension.
render/	Code for the Render extension.
Xext/	Code for various extensions, for example Xinerama and Xv.
xtrans/	Code for handling network connections.

-- Main. - 23 Sep 2003