LinuxPPC X Server

Benjamin Herrenschmidt bh40 at calva.net
Tue Aug 1 00:07:48 EST 2000


>> >> - A likely timeframe for first 3D Drivers
>> >>   to be released, which optimally should
>> >>   not be more than 3 months from now
>>
>> >Again, what is not working for you?  What have you tried to get them
>> >working for you and how did it fair?
>>
>> I cannot try getting something to work what does not exist. And appearently
>> there are no GLX- or DRI-Drivers for ATI Rage (or any other hardware) yet.
>> I am talking about Hardware Accelerated Mesa3D here...
>
>Ok, you should say so (3D support for older video cards like ATI Rage) in
>your previous message then.  As you may know, DRI drivers already exist
>for mga, r128, tdfx, i810 in source form.
>

I'm working on a /dev/agpgart implementation for new machines. But DRI
should be already port-able using the PCI GART provided by most ATI
chipsets. Any volunteer ?

Ben.


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