On Saturday 23 December 2006 14:23, Jerome Glisse wrote: > On 12/23/06, Magnus Ahlberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know that there has been some discussion about the r500 chip and how > > tough it will be to create a working driver for it. However, I for one > > would love to see an open alternative to the fglrx and I want to know, > > where to start? I own a laptop with a X1600 mobility radeon card.
> I am myself planning to take a look into that matter in the > few coming days. Maybe i will got somethings in couple of > day. I started looking at the xorg ati driver as well. Here are a few of my ideas/comments: Need to work the current driver to bypass pre 520 mode and 3d. Not sure about 2d. Finding and using the mode registers don't seem to be a big problem. Just need to do it. The I2C interface has been replaced with a byte based state machine (i.e. no more bit banging). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
