From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jesse Barnes Subject: Re: intelfb and G33 / Q33 / Q35 chipsets support ? Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:04:47 -0700 Message-ID: <200804291104.47687.jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> References: <4815EEB4.2060509@frugalware.org> <481678C6.7050400@googlemail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JquCN-0006Oe-CJ for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:05:03 -0700 Received: from outbound-mail-14.bluehost.com ([69.89.18.114]) by mail.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.44) id 1JquCK-0004zi-OB for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:05:03 -0700 In-Reply-To: <481678C6.7050400@googlemail.com> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Gabriel C Cc: Gabriel C , linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Wang Zhenyu , "Antonino A. Daplas" , Dave Airlie , Linux Kernel Mailing List On Monday, April 28, 2008 6:24 pm Gabriel C wrote: > Dave Airlie wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Apr 2008, Gabriel C wrote: > >> Hello , > >> > >> are there any plans to add G33 / Q33 / Q35 chipsets support for the > >> intelfb driver ? Is this driver still maintained ? > >> > >> ( I'm not really sure who maintains this driver so I've add peoples to > >> CC I saw worked on it , I've also added Wang Zhenyu to CC while he added > >> this support for AGP ) > > > > Intel fb is unmaintained (well I've done trivial fixes in the past), and > > I'd rather not add new chipset support to it. > > > > We are working (RH and Intel) on a new kernel modesetting layer which > > will allow fbs integrated with proper memory management and support all > > intel hw, > > Good news :) > > Are there any patch(es) / git tree one could try out ? See the modesetting-101 branch of git://git.freedesktop.org/git/mesa/drm. It's a bit rough in spots but the i915 driver should be pretty close to feature parity with the Intel X driver at this point. > > The main problem with intelfb is it trips up the userspace X drivers a > > lot and generally break things.. > > Really ? I didn't knew that. Yeah it's been an ongoing source of problems... Jesse ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone