Manfred, On 2002.04.20 09:52 Manfred Odenstein wrote: > Hi there, > I've only a few questions : > 1.) > @Radeon: I'm using mdk 8.2 which comes with XFree86 4.2.0, kernel > 2.4.18, is there any difference with the driver (except T&L) in the CVS > ?. ...
The CVS trunk includes Mesa 4.x, which has several improvements over the 3.4.x versions, and most probably several bugfixes. You can test it by going at http://dri.sourceforge.net/snapshots/ . The T&L is currently being done in a separate branch, tcl-0-0-branch. You can test it by downloading it from ftp://ftp.tungstengraphics.com/dri/ or from http://dri.sourceforge.net/snapshots/bleeding-edge (the later are experimental nighly snapshots). > 2.) Radeon 8500: Is there a plan to support this card ? I know 2D is > supported, but 3D ? If no, why ?, if yes, when ? > This is a FAQ which was answered here some time ago (check http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/faq/hardware.html#RADEON-8500 ) but nothing really new happened since then, so I don't know in what foot things stand... (My impression is that actually very few people have this card, as all await for some support before aquiring it!) > 3.) where I can help ? Currently I'm reading through DRI documentation, > archictecture. My qualifications which may helpful are > .) long time C developer, not only user apps, also programming graphical > LCD Panels in microcontroller apps, currently I prefer object oriented > approaches (c++), some knowledge about Direct 3D programming, little > knowledge about OpenGL and Java3D model. All help is welcome. You seem to be interested on Radeon. Keith Whitwell is the one working more closely to it, on the scope of a Tungsten Graphics project. Michael Fitzpatrick also has been working on it. My understanding is that Radeon is one of the most advanced driver, although there are certain hardware features not yet supported (such as T&L) and is haunted by some nasty&misterious bugs. My advice is to follow this list, assist the weekly IRC meeting, read the FAQ (http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/faq/) and when you feel ready it will be more clear where&how you would like to help. (Probably hunting down those bugs would be a nice start...) > > regards odiX > Regards, José Fonseca PS: I'm just a guy that joined recentely the DRI development and that is passing along the information that has received so far. My interests are on the Mach64 chipset. _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
