On Don, 2002-11-21 at 16:33, Alexander Stohr wrote: > So this passed the news wires today: > ATI drives graphics performance for Linux users with new unified > driver > http://mirror.ati.com/companyinfo/press/2002/4574.html > > The drivers can now be downloaded for free at www.ati.com > (see e.g. Linux & FireGL 8800). > > The drivers should run on Linux/x86 with glibc 2.2, > some common kernel modules do come precompiled and > a build environment for gcc2.96 and gcc3.2 is included, > thus making that drivers compatible with > e.g. RedHat(R) Linux(R)/x86 8.0 or 7.3 versions. > > Supported cards should be (list might not be complete): > - ATI Radeon 8500 {/DV/LE}, 9000 {/PRO}, 9500 {/PRO}, 9700 {/PRO} -> > "Built by ATI" > - ATI FireGL 8700, 8800, E1, X1, Z1/X1-128MB (just announced for > retail), Mobility
What about support for other architectures, in particular PPC? > Let me express that i do _not_ object to any of the DRI-Devel works. > DRI did great job and it resolves for situations where ATI > cant provide solutions as of today and possibly long term. > Just saying embedded Radeon chipsets, ATI chipsets on BSD, > old ATI chipsets prior to the R200 and further any sort of > experimental and custom extensions to the DRI open source > drivers. Great to know the niche we have... -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
