I'm announcing this here to widen the distribution, as many X users may also be interested in XFree86 running on the AMD 64 bit technology platform "AMD64". If you encounter bugs with XFree86 running on AMD Opteron hardware, please report them via bugzilla as instructed below, and flag them as "x86_64" (the old name for AMD64). Be sure to include complete details as to the type of system you're using, what video hardware, and attach your X server log and config file. Also, since this hardware is brand new technology to the larger general public, only a small subset of video hardware has been tested on this platform in 64bit mode. While only certain hardware is officially supported, I'd like to encourage anyone interested in testing various video hardware they've got laying around out, in order to get a better idea what other hardware works and what hardware doesn't work at all. In particular some of the older generations of hardware out there which might be laying in a drawer, etc. If you test any extra hardware out, please post a message here to let us all know your results. Feel free to file bug reports in bugzilla also if you like. I'd basically like to know - for hardware I don't have access too currently, which drivers work at all on the new AMD64 platform, and which ones don't, so I can poke at them a bit and also decide which drivers will officially ship in our future products for this platform. Also, feel free to drop by #xfree86 and/or #AMD64 on irc.freenode.net if you'd like to chat about AMD64 and/or XFree86 on this platform. Enjoy. -- Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 11:38:49 -0400 From: Matt Wilson <msw@xxxxxxxxxx> To: redhat-watch-list@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: amd64-list@xxxxxxxxxx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii List-Id: Discussion of AMD64 technology <amd64-list.redhat.com> Subject: Announcing GinGin64: A Technology Preview for the AMD64 Platform Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of our AMD64 technology preview. This preview is for those who are interested in early access to a Red Hat distribution for the AMD64 platform. Accessing the Software ---------------------- For this technology preview, we are offering access via FTP at the following location: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/preview/gingin64/ Please note that this download location and the software there should be considered non-production and is not supported. Bug Reporting ------------- To ensure accurate tracking, all bugs should be reported using Bugzilla at: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/ If you do not have a bugzilla account, please visit http://bugzilla.redhat.com and create one by following the instructions provided on Red Hat's bugzilla web site. Please search for existing bugs before filing new reports. Also read the RELEASE-NOTES included in the Technology Preview to avoid reporting known issues. Bugs should be filed against the "Red Hat Linux", product version "GinGin64", platform "x86_64". Mailing Lists ------------- Red Hat has created a mailing list for general discussion about Red Hat technology on the AMD64 platform called "amd64-list@xxxxxxxxxx" You can subscribe at: https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/amd64-list -- AMD64-list mailing list AMD64-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/amd64-list _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
