From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Feb 16 11:50:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from builder.freebsd.org (builder.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD62737B62D; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:50:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Received: from finch-post-10.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55457132E8; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:49:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from nlsys.demon.co.uk ([158.152.125.33] helo=herring.nlsystems.com) by finch-post-10.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 12LASI-000F2B-0A; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 19:49:47 +0000 Received: from salmon.nlsystems.com (salmon.nlsystems.com [10.0.0.3]) by herring.nlsystems.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA53892; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 19:51:11 GMT (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 19:50:06 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson To: Mike Smith Cc: "Gail M. Pickett" , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86 and Intel 810 chipset In-Reply-To: <200002151909.LAA02215@mass.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Mike Smith wrote: > > I just bought a desktop computer that has an Intel 810 chipset and I am > > having trouble setting up XFree86. I updated to the newly released version > > 3.3.6 which says it supports the Intel 810 chipset (video driver), but I > > have been unable to make the thing fly. > > > > The info from XFree86.org says that it includes support, but it is not > > enabled by default as it needs kernel module. What does that mean? > > > > In the configuration notes (for the 810 chipset) they say that it is > > necessary to install the "agpgart.o" module which accompanies the server. > > I have been unable to find this file. When I find it, how do I compile it? > > It only works on Linux. We need proper AGP support, one of the things > that's been on my to-do list for some time now. > > If there's an aspiring chipset hacker out there looking for a > well-defined task to undertake, please let me know and I can get you > pointed in the right directions. There is a good chance that I will tackle this soon. I've been reading through PI's agp driver for Linux and I think porting it would be reasonably easy (its needed for DRI support on most cards too). The license is an X-style one so it should be ok to use it. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message