-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Marcel Moreaux wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 09:18:54PM +0200, Rene Herman wrote: > >> XGI(TM) Releases Source Code for Linux 2005/04/11 >> >> "XGI Technology, Inc. today releases its source code for Linux. >> To support the large and growing Linux community, XGI Technology >> released the source code to X.Org, XFree86.Org, and Kernel.Org >> for its desktop, notebook, and server products. >> >> XGI supports X.Org 6.8.2 and XFree86 4.4.0. The open source >> supports package installation for IA32, AMD64 and EM64T, and >> Frame buffer device (FBDev) support for kernel version 2.4.X." >> >> >> http://www.xgitech.com/about/about_press1.asp?CTID={C3FD7D03-6BE1-4BB9-9F34-1221E723B87F} >> > > > This seems to be a 2D-only driver, only for their Z7 chip. Look > closely at the table at the quoted URL, it has support for the Z7 > everywhere, but only very selectively for other chips. > > The same picture arises when studying > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2761 and > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1905 > > The source code attached to the first bug report seems to have 2D > stuff only, although it reportedly also works with other chips than > just the Z7. > > The Z7, by the way, appears to be a cheap, limited chip, for > servers and the like (like the currently much-used ATI rage 128). > Go to the XGI site, download section, select 'server', and the Z7 > chip appears. The other chips appear under desktop. > > So, Free 2D drivers for their low-end chip and possibly other > chips. The funny thing is, their driver downloads already used to > contain source for the FB driver. Sure, the XFree86 ddx driver > source is more than that, and that's always good, but it's only a > pretty small step. > > > That's not what the press says... From linuxdevices.com I got Via has released source code to Linux 2.6 and Xorg/XFree86 drivers for the Unichrome graphics capabilities on northbridge chips in its popular mini-ITX boards. The drivers offer 2D, 3D, and hardware MPEG2/4 acceleration, as well as video overlay, and support both the CLE266 and CN400 northbridges. Via's CLE266 and CN400 northbridges are used in its _Epia M_ <http://linuxdevices.com/products/PD9266751279.html> series and _Epia SP_ <http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS4887107636.html> series, respectively. In the past, Via offered binary-only releases of its Linux 2.6 Unichrome drivers, _saying_ <http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS7685502818.html> the source would do open source developers little good, given the complexity of the decoding engines integrated in its C-series northbridge chips. To appease Linux users wanting accelerated full-screen video, Via offered the _VeXP_ <http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS7685502818.html> (Via enhanced Xine Player). Via's driver source distribution includes instructions for building on Xorg-based distributions, such as Fedora Core 2, and on XFree8-based distributions, such as Mandriva 10 (_formerly_ <http://desktoplinux.com/news/NS3254578534.html> Mandrake). The process requires a properly configured kernel and kernel headers. It also requires building the XFree86 or Xorg system from source, a lengthy but usually easy process. Via's driver build process creates a "via_drv.o" X driver and a "libddmpeg.so" X library. It also creates three kernel drivers, including: * via.ko * via_v4l_drv.ko * videodev.ko Steve Charng, head of software development at Via, said, "By making these source codes freely available, VIA is enabling tailor-made solutions for the latest Linux distributions." The driver source download is available at _ViaArena_ <http://www.viaarena.com/>, where a wealth of information about Via's mini-ITX boards and other products can be found. **************************************** And from the readme (After downloading from viaarena and glancing quickly through it) **************************************** VIA S3 UniChrome Linux Display Driver Source Code Compiling Instructions February 3, 2005 Copyright (C) 2002-2005 VIA Technologies, INC. 1. Summary This document describes how to compile the VIA UniChrome Linux display driver source code on Fedora Core Linux 2 and Mandrake 10. This software package supports 2D, 3D, hardware video mpeg2/4 and hardware video overlay. The information and the source code files are provided "AS IS" without guarantee of any kind. **************************************** Note 2D, 3D and MPEG2/4 acceleration. Seems pretty clear to me that it does more than just 2D (Without going through the code line by line & checking that it actually contains any 3D code that is :) The main target however is the VIA Mini-ITX boards. Which embed a via (x86 compat) processor and their chipsets in a nice small package... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCXPhY/3QXwQQkZYwRAt/UAKDCGSwog5dHc4rmEQurpwGsx8v2/gCgwnnD uVbMn1eFFGbyQ2IMXumSLBI= =x5Kd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
