On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 09:41:17AM -0800, Ian Romanick wrote:
> > > > > If not, what's the prognosis?  Is it in the works and just
> > > > > gonna take some time, or are there other issues such as
> > > > > documentation availability?
> > > >
> > > > There was some (brief) talk about this on the developer chat on
> > > > Monday.  Work is being done to get Radeon 8500 cards up to the
> > > > level of original Radeons, then work on T&L support will move
> > > > forward.
> > 
> > Just to clarify.  TG is supporting Keith Whitwell's work for T&L support
> > for the Radeon I (7500 and earlier radeon based cards).  The R200 (found
> > on the 8500) is a newer 3D core, and we have no committed plans for that
> > chipset at this time.
> 
> Ok, I looked back at the log to make sure I wan't losing my mind.  I saw
> your comments about Keith's work at TG.  Here is the comment that I was
> refering to, though:
> 
> <kem> jens: i'm just trying to get the 8500 up to the point that it works as
> well as the currently radeon code -- not focusing on t&l at all yet
> 
> So, it looks like both Kevin and Keith are doing some Radeon work, albeit
> coming from different angles.

Exactly.  In my spare time, I'm bringing up the 8500 to the level of the
pre-T&L Radeon code.  It's very slow going since my spare time is
limited due to a heavy workload and some upcoming deadlines.

Kevin

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