On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 09:18:54PM +0200, Rene Herman wrote: > XGI(TM) Releases Source Code for Linux > 2005/04/11 > > "XGI Technology, Inc. today releases its source code for Linux. To > support the large and growing Linux community, XGI Technology released > the source code to X.Org, XFree86.Org, and Kernel.Org for its desktop, > notebook, and server products. > > XGI supports X.Org 6.8.2 and XFree86 4.4.0. The open source supports > package installation for IA32, AMD64 and EM64T, and Frame buffer device > (FBDev) support for kernel version 2.4.X." > > > http://www.xgitech.com/about/about_press1.asp?CTID={C3FD7D03-6BE1-4BB9-9F34-1221E723B87F}
This seems to be a 2D-only driver, only for their Z7 chip. Look closely at the table at the quoted URL, it has support for the Z7 everywhere, but only very selectively for other chips. The same picture arises when studying https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2761 and https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1905 The source code attached to the first bug report seems to have 2D stuff only, although it reportedly also works with other chips than just the Z7. The Z7, by the way, appears to be a cheap, limited chip, for servers and the like (like the currently much-used ATI rage 128). Go to the XGI site, download section, select 'server', and the Z7 chip appears. The other chips appear under desktop. So, Free 2D drivers for their low-end chip and possibly other chips. The funny thing is, their driver downloads already used to contain source for the FB driver. Sure, the XFree86 ddx driver source is more than that, and that's always good, but it's only a pretty small step. Marcel Moreaux _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
