On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 11:45:44AM +0100, Hamie wrote:
> 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, [snip]
> 
> 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.

Please read more carefully. The mail I was replying to was talking about
the source code XGI released, not VIA. I never commented on the VIA
drivers.


Marcel Moreaux
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