ReactOS Progress on Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) Implementation
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Summary
This article discusses ReactOS's ongoing efforts to implement Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) support, which was introduced with Windows Vista and represents a major overhaul in how hardware drivers are written and maintained. The piece explores the historical context of ReactOS development, the challenges of adapting to Vista-era hardware architecture changes, and the project's gradual progress in handling these technical overhauls to improve hardware compatibility.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledThe history of ReactOS spans a wider range than the lives of many of the people who work on it today.
Incredible individuals have come and gone from the project with vastly different goals for what they want to see developed.
In recent years, better hardware support has emerged as one of those goals.
Vista introduced massive overhauls to how hardware drivers are written and maintained.
Gradually we're trying to handle many of these overhauls with great success.
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