On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, David S. Miller wrote: > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 15:38:28 -0700 > From: David S. Miller <[email protected]> > To: JLB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] > Subject: Re: Direct rendering: No > > On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 17:51:15 -0400 (EDT) > JLB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Also, the only good ATI drivers are closed-source and x86-only. Some of us > > care about such things. > > Not true, the xfree86 and x11.org ATI drivers support the 7500 > and similar families with full OpenGL acceleration. I know because > this is what I used to play quake3 on my Athlon for a long time.
I meant "ATI drivers for -current- ATI cards". Sorry. > > > "Well, we turned off all accelerated 3D support so you can have pretty > > fonts, without giving you a choice as to which you find a higher priority; > > if you don't like it, spend 3.5 kilodollars on some fancy-schmantzy Sun > > hardware AND write your own drivers, or just switch to x86." > > You are going to complain about free development? Where are > your coding contributions to the xfree86 support of the creator3d > driver? > I would if I could. That sort of thing isn't within the realm of my knowledge. > > Frankly, I'd rather have accelerated 3D than pretty fonts. > > It sounds like it would be worth your while to work on the creator3d > xfree86 driver to get the DRM support operational again. It would > be an excellent and welcomed contribution on your part. > > I look forward to seeing your work. > I'm a sysadmin, not a driver hacker. Evidently, my opinion is worth less (or worthless?) because I haven't the foggiest clue how to write or alter a video driver? -- Jessica L. Blank, Systems Administrator, twu.net Please avoid sending me Word, Excel or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
