-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Lourens Veen wrote:
> 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... > Doh!. Sorry, that might be my fault.. H > Lourens -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCXYDE/3QXwQQkZYwRAly4AJ0ZyqM1g3EvNLj2AB7rAF0rwWcv2gCfauJ0 R+fbljlwJVPc+pkewRY09QA= =Gl0d -----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)
