I've been using the Savage driver with a Shuttle SK41G small-form factor computer. This comes with VIA FX41 motherboard which has VIA KM266 chipset. The on-board VGA is a VIA ProSavage 8.
The DirectFB driver didn't detect this but with a few minor modifications I managed to get it working. The results are extremely good, most accelerated functions are supported but not alpha blending, and compare favourably with a Matrox G450. Needless to say the acceleration is orders of magnitude faster than using the VESA driver. The Savage kernel driver is not very reliable on the Shuttle and will hang after a short while. There is a comment in the source code about problems with some cards and IIRC a possible workaround. I have yet to try and fix the problem. I've been meaning to post the modifications I made back to the list. Watch this space. Regards, Ben. On Saturday 14 Jun 2003 9:48 am, Maciej Arteria wrote: > Hello! > I have a question. Does Savage driver works on ProSavage - onboard vga > included in via P4M266 and P4M266A chipsets? > > If not than does it any hope to work on these? > > I would like DirectFB to work on any mothern onboard (Socket478 mb) vga. > For instance On SIS651 or Via P4M266A or Intel845. > > Under word 'work' I mean 'do hardware accelerated blitting functions'. > > Will my wishes go in vain? > > Regards, Maciej Jablonski -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe directfb-users" as subject.
