Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:46:14 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there anybody will port the ATI linux driver to FreeBSD? Message-ID: <46317206.4060905@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <44d51rm9np.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> References: <2cfbc3dd0704251816n28c20717x89dfff47e8d11835@mail.gmail.com> <44vefjhpj8.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> <20070426081654.h3m7g8quoswsw8wo@webmail.leidinger.net> <44d51rm9np.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan>
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Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> writes: > >> Quoting Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org> (from >> Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:50:51 -0400): >> >>> "Andres Hernandez" <jaskel.systems@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>>> Sorry, but we need to do something... i can help if u want, but tell me how. >>>> I dont like my freebsd with vesa in my laptop. >>>> >>>> I have an ATI Mobility x1400 >>> The ATI driver isn't open-source, so porting it isn't really an option. >> The X11 driver itself does not need to be ported, as it is only >> architecture dependand, but not OS dependand. So the x86 driver will >> work with our X.org (as long as the X.org versions are compatible). >> The only thing what needs to be ported is the kernel interface. > > Ah; my apologies. > I thought there was a binary kernel module involved. There is, but based on my experience with ATI under linux, their driver is crap compared to nVidia's. I should have bought an nVidia card, but instead I'm stuck with fully functioning OpenGL support in Windows only :(. -Garrett
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