This driver is SPARC only. The only OpenSolaris release shipped for SPARC
is a early developer preview that shipped last week - no supported version
of OpenSolaris has shipped on SPARC, and the version that shipped has no
X support for these graphics cards since they only have Xsun support and
OpenSolaris has no Xsun.
-alan-
Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> Actually, this case does raise one question (which doesn't impact my +1
> below) -- we've already "shipped" some OpenSolaris releases.
>
> It isn't clear to me what the EOF rules would be for things that shipped
> in OpenSolaris releases should be ... although I don't think this
> particular driver has ever shipped in an OpenSolaris case so it may be
> moot here.
>
> Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>> +1.
>>
>> -- Garrett
>>
>> Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>>> I am sponsoring this case on behalf of the recently combined X server
>>> and SPARC graphics teams. It has been split out from the larger
>>> PSARC 2009/072 case into this separate fasttrack.
>>>
>>> The timeout is set for Tuesday, Feb. 17, due to the US holiday on
>>> Monday.
>>>
>>> -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
>>> Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
>>>
>>> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase %I% %G% SMI
>>> This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
>>> 1. Introduction
>>> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
>>> EOF of Elite3D (afb) SPARC graphics
>>> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
>>> Author: Alan Coopersmith
>>> 1.3 Date of This Document:
>>> 09 February, 2009
>>> 4. Technical Description
>>>
>>> This case announces the EOF of, and removes, the support in Solaris
>>> for the Elite3D SPARC graphics cards. The cards, listed with their
>>> last ship dates (end of hardware support is generally 5 years after
>>> last ship) are:
>>>
>>> Card/Device (code names): Last Ship: Driver Name:
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Elite3D (AFB) 09/06/2002 afb
>>>
>>> Since this case only removes support from an upcoming minor or greater
>>> release of Solaris, and Solaris 10 end of support is not likely to
>>> happen until 2014 or later, this will give purchasers of the newest of
>>> these cards at least 12 years of software support.
>>>
>>> This case delivers in two phases:
>>>
>>> 1) In a patch release, announces the obsolesence of and future
>>> removal plans
>>> for these drivers.
>>>
>>> 2) In a minor release, removes the following packages, currently
>>> delivered by the Graphics consolidation:
>>>
>>> SUNWafb Elite3D Graphics System Software/Device Driver
>>> SUNWafbcf Elite3D Graphics Configuration Software
>>> SUNWafbr Elite3D Graphics System Software (Root)
>>> SUNWafbw Elite3D Graphics Window System Support
>>>
>>>
>>> 6. Resources and Schedule
>>> 6.4. Steering Committee requested information
>>> 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
>>> Graphics
>>> 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
>>> 6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>>>
>>>
>>
>
--
-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
