Keith Packard, please seek professional help.

#!/bin/sh
for i in "$@"; do
        if grep -q '<config.h>' $i; then
                echo $i already has config.h
        else
                chmod +w $i
                ed $i << EOF
/^#/
i
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include <config.h>
#endif
.
w
q
EOF
        fi
done

So, Xizzle is now running. I'm trying to bludgeon it into doing something useful (say, displaying something), but no dice as yet. I think I know what the problem is, but I'm not quite sure. Either way, the ATI driver and XAA are now linking and working usefully.

I need to commit this stuff, but it's very hacky. Lots of #if 0's around bits I just don't want to run yet, et al. Remember, this is still highly experimental (as you can see) - but it's progress, at least. Word up to that.

OK, listen up kids, 'cause I'm only going to say this once. I think.

DIX: Driver-Indepdent X. Anything that isn't server-specific (extensions, core functions/structures, et al), goes in here.
DDX: Device-Dependent X; the inverse of the above.
XFree86: They still exist. They just released 4.4. The XFree86 distribution contains a DIX, a DDX, X libraries, X apps, fonts, and docs.
X.Org: They have a tree forked from XFree86 that contains all the same stuff, and still uses imake. They're working on a release. They're open and stuff now.
xserver: The freedesktop.org xserver project has a DIX and three DDXes - KDrive, Xizzle, and XWin. That's it.
KDrive: 'Keith's Driver', formerly known as TinyX. A completely separate DDX to XFree86 - very small, used as a testbed for stuff like RandR, Composite, Damage and Fixes. Good for embedded machines.
Xizzle: A fork of the XFree86 DDX, built with autotools, et al. Only just starting to link an actual binary, doesn't work yet, but is moving very, very quickly. Also, the binary is half the size of XFree86's. Pronounced 'shizzle'; mea culpa.
XWin: Cygwin's server for Windows.
freedesktop.org: We have xserver for the server, xlibs for the libs, and xapps for the applications. Everything's modular: the release schedule of the ATI driver is no longer tied to that of the X wire protocol, or some random fonts. Word.

Xizzle: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.4.1, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped
Xizzle.unstripped: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.4.1, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped
-rwxrwxr-x 1 daniel daniel 799K Mar 11 00:32 Xizzle
-rwxrwxr-x 1 daniel daniel 9.5M Mar 11 00:32 Xizzle.unstripped
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1.8M Sep 27 18:41 /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86

I'm going to bed now.

Xizzle has but one link error left. Granted, some stuff (like logging) is a bit of hack, but shit, I'll take that.

OK, for those of you that haven't heard the news: XFree86 has been forked. I've been working on autotooling the DDX (server build, essentially), which has been a nightmare. The build system was old, crufty, and crap, and finding out exactly what you need to build has been difficult, at best. However, I've been brute forcing my way through the mess, and we're approximating being close to having a linking server. I think our initial mid-March release target was a little optimistic, but I don't think we'll slip too far past then.

That said, it's been one hell of a ride, and a fantastic learning experience. There are still many things I'm learning as I go along, and I hope it doesn't stop. I'm an intuitive learner: I learn by going out and having a bash at stuff until it works (or not, either way). Xizzle (the name for our DDX) has been absolutely fantastic for this - I've learnt heaps, and had a blast.

All the drivers have been imported (but only ATI has been autotooled), and we're making very good progress towards having a Linux build. If you're a FreeBSD toolchain whiz, please give me a yell (I've had no success with the bastard thing), or also if you're a GNU toolchain wizard (linker weirdness ...). If you have another architecture, and you want to help with that and testing, give me a shout.

Hell, if you have anything that could be useful, including enthusiasm, give me a shout. There's a lot of work to be done, and volunteers are more than welcome. We're taking X back to the community.