[2981] in Release_7.7_team
Re: Accelerated 3D driver for Dell Linux NVIDIA?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Fri Sep 28 11:07:16 2001
To: Alex T Prengel <alexp@mit.edu>
Cc: wdc@mit.edu, ghudson@mit.edu, release-team@mit.edu
From: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Date: 28 Sep 2001 11:06:21 -0400
In-Reply-To: <Release_7.7_team:2978@unknown-discuss-server>
Message-ID: <udl8zezwe1e.fsf@multics.mit.edu>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
FWIW, XFree86 4 ships with a version of Mesa that includes object
files supporting the Direct Rendering Interface for various types of
card(*), and automatically loads the right one (if any). OTOH, DRI
requires kernel support, and I don't know whether Red Hat has enabled
the appropriate drivers. On the gripping hand, Athena can always
build them as modules, stick them in some package that all normal
workstations install, and arrange to load the right ones at boot
(based on, say, lspci output).
(*) For 4.1.0, the list is Gamma (?), Intel 810, Matrox, ATI Rage 128
and Radeon, SIS, and 3dFX.
--
Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu)
