On Wednesday 13 April 2005 12:45, 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, 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.
Well, looks like two things got released. VIA source code for (almost) everything, and XGI source code for 2D stuff. Different manufacturers, different hardware, different code. It just happened to end up in the same thread here... Lourens
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