From: "Michel Dänzer" <daenzer@relog.ch>
To: Mike Willhide <moridin@psu.edu>
Cc: Linux Dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org>
Subject: Re: Video drivers and XFree86 4
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 10:24:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3AF65BCE.70A0F40F@relog.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: B71B6D25.3184%moridin@psu.edu
Mike Willhide wrote:
> I remember that in order to have an accelerated x server with 3.3.6 you
> needed both a driver to put into the kernel and an x server that is
> accelerated for your particular card. Has 4.0.x done away with the
> necessity of multiple x servers?
Yes, there is only one server binary anymore which loads drivers etc. as
modules.
> If so, do you only need to have a driver for the particular card to get x
> accelerated (is a driver for x a different thing than a driver for the
> kernel)?
Yes and yes. An XFree86 driver is enough in most cases; Only a kernel driver
(or none at all) is good for unaccelerated X.
> Also, does anyone know the status of the Radeon drivers for LinuxPPC?
Last I heard was it wasn't working with acceleration. Maybe Ani Joshi has made
progress in his tree.
--
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
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2001-05-07 1:05 Video drivers and XFree86 4 Mike Willhide
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