Subject: Re: XFree86
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Mon Feb 07 2000 - 08:58:43 MST
Kevin,
I haven't tried it. THe only problem is, I hesitate to ship a XFree
snapshot in a stable release.
What do you think?
> Hi Dan,
>
> >Apparently there is a 'noaccel' flag. (I'm thinking bootx kernel args)
> >Anyways, apparently there is an accel bug that devel types are just
> >ignoring. THe thinking is, XF4.0 will be out soon.
> >
> >It looks like we may move back to Xpmac for CS 1.2...
> >(Hopefully XF 4 will be available by the time we're ready to ship GH)
>
> Have you tried my port of XF3.9.17 XFree86 (not 68) with accelerated r128 module
> for Rage 128?
>
> I grabbed the xf 3.9.17 XFree86 snapshot and with the help of Anthony, BenH, and
> Kostas and added frame buffer support.
>
> If you have a recent kernel with Anthony's latest aty128fb.c included in it (see
> BenH's latest kernels), you should be able to unpack this right over XF 3.3.6
> and have it work (I have not upgraded to XF 3.3.6 yet, but I am using the
> XF3.9.17 driver with Rage 128 support over 3.3.5 and it is working like a charm
> (faster than accelerated Xpmac!).
>
> You might give it a try. If you are interested, I have an updated source patch
> available with a few minor nits fixed.
>
> Just let me know.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
>
>
> --
> Kevin B. Hendricks
> Associate Professor of Operations and Information Technology
> Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
> London, Ontario N6A-3K7 CANADA
> khendricks@ivey.uwo.ca, (519) 661-3874, fax: 519-661-3959
>
>
Regards,
Dan
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