This email summarizes some key information that may be of use to you regarding Ubuntu's plans for the upcoming Natty Narwhal release as it relates to video drivers. I've indicated the assumptions we're working to; if any of this looks incorrect to you, please let me know ASAP.
Target Versions for Release --------------------------- kernel: 2.6.38 x-server: 1.10 [1] (Feb 2011) mesa: 7.10 (Dec 2010) libdrm: 2.3.23 [2] (Dec 2010) gnome: 3.0 (Dec 2010) 1: May go with x-server 1.9 if release is late or includes risky changes. Will review and decide at end of 1.10's merge window. 2: Will go with version as required by mesa 7.10. Important Dates --------------- Feb 24, 2011 Feature freeze Mar 31, 2011 Beta Apr 28, 2011 Release Driver Notes ------------ intel / radeon / nouveau: will ship most recent stable release; there doesn't seem to be anything we particularly want to grab or avoid on the horizon. Gallium: Will switch to r300g by default; distro-patch in xorg.conf option to switch back to classic. Load classic when KMS is not available. Will go with upstream default for r600g/r600c; this is currently r600c. Will add xorg.conf option to switch. Nouveau: As in Maverick we will not be supporting 3D acceleration for nouveau. 3D support will remain available from the archive by installing the libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental package. For CD space reasons we will be dropping the less widely-used DRI drivers from the CDs. Jockey hooks will be added to offer users the chance to install these drivers from the archive. Intel and Radeon drivers are not affected. Again for CD space reasons we will investigate using a shared library for common code in the DRI modules to reduce the disc footprint of these drivers. -- Ubuntu-x mailing list Ubuntu-x@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-x