Did GATOS make changes to the DRM drivers?
Is it using I2C to get to the TV tuner on ATI cards?

What else get changed in the Xfree drivers?

--- Hod McWuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> OK, onward and upward... I'm starting to investigate what it would take
> to merge the GATOS functionality into the current DRI. I'm sure the
> XFree side is going to be a pain in the ass, but I'm starting with the
> kernel modules.
> 
> The first discrepancy I need cleared up is about driver support. The
> current DRI source seems to have drivers for:
> i810,i830,mga,r128,radeon,sis,tdfx
> 
> Some are split between multiple files, some are in a single file.
> If there's a document somewhere saying what files have what, then it'd
> help to see it.
> 
> The kernel copy also has a 'ffb' driver, which I'm assuming until
> someone tells me otherwise is an out of date hack.
> 
> The Gatos copy has the same drivers as the DRI source, but all split
> amongst many files. I have a feeling the gamma and SIS drivers in this
> copy are screwed totally anyway - in fact probably only the radeon and
> r128 drivers from Gatos are relevant anyway, plus any changes in the
> drm_* files.
> 
> So, to summarize, I need to know *roughly* what's changed since the
> Gatos folks forked, in terms of what-moved-where and an idea of any
> structural changes. I can read the different sources and figure out the
> code changes myself, but I need to know what I'm looking for.
> 
> It would seem the best approach is to merge their changes -
> conceptually, one by one - into the current DRI sources.
> 
> 
> 
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