On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 09:32 -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Edward McAuley wrote: > > Is anyone aware of a source who has drivers for the ATI X1900 that > will work on Solaris 10? > > The only possible source I know of is the currently > very-much-experimental > and under heavy development xf86-video-avivo drivers being produced by > the > Xorg community reverse engineering effort after ATI both refused to > provide > specs or open source drivers itself, and blocked the previous open > source > driver effort from being published. > > > Alternatively does anyone know of someone who has a build plan > specifying an acceptable version of X11 or xorg, the proper libraries, > etc., and maybe a make procedure, to build a driver from source code? > > The OpenSolaris X sources in the X Window community on opensolaris.org > build Xorg server 1.2 (aka X11R7.2) with many drivers built, but > you'ld > have to add in the avivo ones yourself. We're looking at providing > the > Xorg DDK in Solaris itself in the future so that you will be able to > build > drivers without having to build the rest first, but haven't gotten > there yet. > > > Does anyone know if the source code is even available (I have been > searching but no joy). I am reading that one is supposed to be > available in "July," and in speaking with ATI Tech. Support I got a > "wink, wink, nudge, nudge"...July date as well. It's almost August > and I have seen nothing from ATI yet. > > No one I know has figured out what ATI's statements were about given > their > animosity towards open source drivers. No real action seems to have > come > from them yet.
Not only that but ATI/AMD have in the past promised several times that they'll improve drivers - and yet fail to deliver. The problem is made worse when there are end users of alternative operating systems still running around ATI products even in the midst of the shocking support provided - the only real way to send a message is to simply refuse to purchase all AMD/ATI products. The almighty dollar speaks louder than polite words. Matthew _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
