Re: Intel Atom Poulsbo, gma500

[Steve McIntyre]

In article  you write:
>on an older laptop I try to use Debian testing. In dutch it is called a  
>SkoolMate 3 laptop and I believe it is the same as the Intel ClassMate  
>laptop. Inside there is an Intel Atom N2600 CPU which is also responsible  
>with a PowerVR chip for the GPU.
>
>After a lot of reading about this processor it seems there is an impasse  
>for this chip. It is possible to use this chip with the gma500 kernel  
>module, but 3D hardware acceleration is not available. Intel has made  
>their part opensource and tells the end user to ask the device  
>manufacturer (this is Intel???) or the linux distribution for support [1].  
>Imagination Technologies (PowerVR) on their side only tells that they make  
>a chip and it is Intel's responsibility to make a driver.
>
>There are older 3D Intel drivers available but unfortunately they are only  
>for Fedora 14, kernel 2.6 and Xorg 1.9
>
>maybe my Google skills are not as good as they should be, but is there  
>anyone who use this chip on a Debian testing computer or know some way to  
>use the 3D hardware acceleration?

As a one-time owner of a Poulsbo machine, I'd say you're better off
saving yourself the pain and just throwing it away. If you can't live
without acceleration, just give up now. The machines using it were
cheap and nasty (at best!) when they first came out 6 years ago, and
they've not got any better with age.

http://blog.einval.com/2010/06/07#poulsbong
http://blog.einval.com/2010/07/18#poulsbong_2

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com
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  fittings are the correct way around and do not need altering"

Intel Atom Poulsbo, gma500

[Floris]

on an older laptop I try to use Debian testing. In dutch it is called a  
SkoolMate 3 laptop and I believe it is the same as the Intel ClassMate  
laptop. Inside there is an Intel Atom N2600 CPU which is also responsible  
with a PowerVR chip for the GPU.


After a lot of reading about this processor it seems there is an impasse  
for this chip. It is possible to use this chip with the gma500 kernel  
module, but 3D hardware acceleration is not available. Intel has made  
their part opensource and tells the end user to ask the device  
manufacturer (this is Intel???) or the linux distribution for support [1].  
Imagination Technologies (PowerVR) on their side only tells that they make  
a chip and it is Intel's responsibility to make a driver.


There are older 3D Intel drivers available but unfortunately they are only  
for Fedora 14, kernel 2.6 and Xorg 1.9


maybe my Google skills are not as good as they should be, but is there  
anyone who use this chip on a Debian testing computer or know some way to  
use the 3D hardware acceleration?


thanks,

Floris


[1] https://01.org/linuxgraphics/documentation/faq