Video drivers and XFree86 4

Video drivers and XFree86 4

[Mike Willhide]

Hi,
    It's been a while since I've messed with LinuxPPC, but I may have to put
it back on my machine, given that OS X is a no go, and I hate OS 9.  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?
    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)?
    Also, does anyone know the status of the Radeon drivers for LinuxPPC?

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Re: Video drivers and XFree86 4

[Michel Dänzer]

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.


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CS student, Free Software enthusiast   \        XFree86 and DRI project member

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