Re: [PATCH 3/4] xf86-video-mga: Pull in Matrox MGA support from meta-intel

[Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@intel.com>]

On Thu, 2013-09-05 at 10:57 +0100, Burton, Ross wrote:
> On 5 September 2013 01:18, Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > In support of the more generic x86 BSPs, pull in the Matrox driver
> > recipe from meta-intel.
> 
> What machine is this for in particular?  In discussion with Nitin
> about MGA a few weeks back the conclusion was that the vesa driver
> should be sufficient.  As far as I'm aware the reference platforms
> don't ship with MGA hardware so it's up to the owner of the platform
> to install whatever they have to hand (mga, nvidia, ATI, etc), or am I
> wrong about that?
> 

It's my understanding that some of these server-type systems like Romley
and Crystal Forest have on-chip graphics disabled and ship with ancient
MGA graphics, which apparently we have a cheap source of chips for...

Probably vesa would work for these systems, cc'ing those in the know...

Tom

> > Remove the checkfile patch from Ross as this is now handled adequately
> > with the configure prepend hack which assumes success for any checkfile
> > calls.
> 
> Assuming success in an distro where opengl isn't enabled will result
> in the driver believing that DRI is enabled when it isn't, so expect
> to see build failures from this.
> 
> Ross