From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gabriel C Subject: Re: intelfb and G33 / Q33 / Q35 chipsets support ? Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:05:55 +0200 Message-ID: <4817A9D3.1030309@googlemail.com> References: <4815EEB4.2060509@frugalware.org> <481678C6.7050400@googlemail.com> <200804291104.47687.jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> 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 1Jqytm-0005va-0V for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:06:10 -0700 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.153]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1Jqytl-00021o-Gu for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:06:09 -0700 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id d23so165352fga.32 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:06:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200804291104.47687.jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> 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: Jesse Barnes Cc: Gabriel C , linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Wang Zhenyu , "Antonino A. Daplas" , Dave Airlie , Linux Kernel Mailing List Jesse Barnes wrote: > 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. Thx , I will try out the tree. > >>> 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 > Gabriel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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