RE: [Dri-devel] ATI driver for Fire 8700/8800

2001-11-21 Thread Alexander Stohr
> The FireGL card is basically the same as the 7500/7800 with > some modification > to enable it to perform much faster then the 7500/7800. As i wrote elsewhere, the 8xxx series is based all on similar chips. (similar means that the hardware feature subset is compareable.) Its the so calle Rade

Re: [Dri-devel] ATI driver for Fire 8700/8800

2001-11-21 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
I probably didn't explain myself well, The FireGL card is basically the same as the 7500/7800 with some modification to enable it to perform much faster then the 7500/7800. So basically the FireGL driver can be with some very minor modifications work with the 7500/7800 based cards. Currently

RE: [Dri-devel] ATI driver for Fire 8700/8800

2001-11-21 Thread Alexander Stohr
[Personal reply with public CC.] > Yeah, but would ATI release drivers for the 7500/7800/8500 or > only to the 8500 series? I dont know these specific models, not my personal scope. But i would like them to be supported, so that anyone is happy. > Any time frame? I'm going to order a machine

Re: [Dri-devel] ATI driver for Fire 8700/8800

2001-11-21 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
On Wednesday 21 November 2001 17:49 pm, you wrote: > Hey, did these ATI FireGL products already hit the stores now? > AFAIK they have not. > > As Linus always told: Things will come when they are done. > Unlike Linus, the driver wont be open source, simply because > of the high amount of trade sec

RE: [Dri-devel] ATI driver for Fire 8700/8800

2001-11-21 Thread Alexander Stohr
Hey, did these ATI FireGL products already hit the stores now? AFAIK they have not. As Linus always told: Things will come when they are done. Unlike Linus, the driver wont be open source, simply because of the high amount of trade secrets contained within. But on the other side you will get prem