i830 support?

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>>>>> "MAH" == Mike A Harris <mharris@redhat.com> writes:

MAH> Updating the entire XFree86 src.rpm to CVS however is
MAH> non-trivial.

As I found out.  For example, the 4.2.0 RPM builds a separate driver
for the i830 while CVS builds everything into the 810 driver.

MAH> Only if the driver still retains compatibility at the source
MAH> level with the existing X server.  Most XFree86 CVS driver code
MAH> currently uses the new PCI domains code, and would thus be
MAH> incompatible with 4.2.0.

I found that out as well.  However, I did try doing a bulk copy of
everything in xc/exports along with the XFree binary and, lo and
behold, it works.  Sort of; I still need an external program to tweak
a bit in the graphics controller before X will start.  Oh, and I need
the absolute latest Rawhide kernel as well because the AGP support
changed.

Hopefully the released code will catch up with this hardware soon.

 - J<





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