On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Alexander Stohr wrote:

> > One thing I don't understand about this is that this is an integrated
> > graphics chipset, right ? I.e. it uses part of system RAM for
> > video RAM.
> > There is no code in radeon driver to deal with this yet.
> >
> >                              best
> >
> >                                  Vladimir Dergachev
>
> integrated might mean anyting, i have an IBM E-Pro here that
> just has mounted a grafics chip and a few RAMs on the motherboard
> with the option of plugging an AGP NLX card instead.
>
> integrated typically means same die as the host/memory bridge.
> that does not neccessarily mean its an UMA design.
> there can be still dedicated grafics RAM.
> some designes have even mixed modes with V-RAM _and_ UMA.

Yes, but AFAIK, there is exactly one AMD chipset (IGP) manufactured by ATI
and I was under impression it is UMA (sorry forgot the acronym earlier).

                   best

                      Vladimir Dergachev

>
> i dont know how the specific device of discussion is setup.
>
> -Alex.
>
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