--- On Mon, 11/2/09, Jensen Lee <hayd...@haydude.org> wrote:
> From: Jensen Lee <hayd...@haydude.org> > Subject: [osol-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic > cards > To: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 5:21 AM > It is a shame that Sun does not > support XVR-500, XVR-1000, Expert 3D and several other > graphic cards on OpenSolaris because of copyright/NDA/patent > issues. > > I think that Sun should make an effort to liase with 3D > Labs to open their drivers source to allow for > implementation into OpenSolaris. > > In the meantime could Sun at least provide binary drivers > for these cards, even as separate downloads, to allow those > like me with legacy Sun workstations to install, use and > contribute to OpenSolaris? Hi Jensen, Well, the driver's source for those cards is owned somewhat by 3Dlabs so I don't think they'd want to open up their source anytime soon. Some companies that still have closed drivers: 1. ATI 2. Nvidia 3. Others Most of the mid-level XVR 3D cards from 3Dlabs were replaced by the XVR-2500. Besides that, Sun does have the drivers for all of their XVR cards posted (see: http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/downloads/sparc_graphics)and they are still included in SXCE and Solaris 10u8. Driver engineering resources for the older MAJC, 3Dlabs, and ATI-based cards may be very limited or defunct by now. Get one of the latest SXCE releases and stick with Solaris 10u8 if you have or maintain the older SPARC workstations. Ken Mays _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
