Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Eric Sultan wrote:
>
>> This project delivers SPARC Xorg support for the currently supported
>> Sun (AMD based) products including XVR-50, XVR-100 and XVR-300
>> graphics accelerators. The deliverables include a ddx module, a
>> kernel driver, a vts module and an fbconfig module. The driver name
>> is rfb. The source code for these modules is based on the ATI
>> RADEON open source and also on AMD proprietary information.
>>
>
> Don't the pfb & nfb kernel drivers already attach to those devices?
> What's the relationship? Does a user have to uninstall those and
> install the rfb kernel driver?
>
>
Changing driver names is *usually* a royal PITA. *HOWEVER*, framebuffer
drivers are unlikely to have their names coded in many places, so I
think this might be OK. But I'd imagine the pfb/nfb drivers would
indeed need to be uninstalled (possibly a conflict entry recorded in the
pkginfo.)
It would be easier if the driver names didn't change.
While not architectural, will these drivers be released as Open Source
(CDDL or otherwise)? The case doesn't make this clear, and I worry
about "AMD proprietary information".
-- Garrett
