On Sat, Jul 06, 2002 at 01:38:06PM -0500, David Willmore wrote: > >Well, I've been waiting what seems like forever for a driver >for my laptop and now there is one! What a happy day! One >problem, it's an older Compaq laptop and uses a propriatary >chipset (and AGP bridge) so no AGPGART. *do-oh* >
Ouch! :O >Noone happens to have a AGPGART for it hiding somewhere, do >they? Concacts with Compaq they could twig? This laptop >was retied over a year ago (by compaq support), so they shouldn't >be all to concerned that any competetive information escape >by coughing up the specs for it, one would think. Compaq now belongs to HP which as been a big linux supporter lately. On the other hand that can mean nothing. >Suggestions, anyone? I sent a simple message off to support@ >compaq.com. We'll see if that nets me anything, but I'm not >holding my breath. What about adding PCI support to the drivers? It shouldn't be very difficult. I don't know how deep is the complexity of a agp bridge, nor the legal implications this, but in the lack of interest from the vendor, reverse engineering the Window drivers might be feasible last resort option. José Fonseca ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Got root? We do. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
