Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:57:06 +0800 From: "Janvier Pang" <janvier.roc@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: support@fglrx-freebsd.com Subject: Re: Is there anybody will port the ATI linux driver to FreeBSD? Message-ID: <7deba7c00701261957u53e51b16m511649d66503292b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7deba7c00701241939h7afd4893x3dbbd2d828f9463@mail.gmail.com> References: <7deba7c00701241939h7afd4893x3dbbd2d828f9463@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Nick, Why not use a blog or some free web space ( e.g. pages.google.com ) to put this driver? I think it's still useful for some ati users. B.Rgds, Janvier Pang On 1/25/07, Janvier Pang <janvier.roc@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, guys, > > As http://www.fglrx-freebsd.com/index.php will shutdown at Jan. 31,2007. > Will anybody continue to port the latest ATI driver to FreeBSD? > > A ported version of ATI drivers on above is 8.20.8, but ATI had released > their updated driver to 8.33.6 at Jan. 10, 2007, but it seems nobody will > continue to port such this important driver to FreeBSD. > > Lots of people use the new ATI card supported by the latest driver, AFAIK, > 8.20.8 is a very out-date version and it's not support R5xx series chipset > or any other advanced series, if nobody continue to port or maintain this > driver, i think FreeBSD may lose lots of ATI users at this point. > > Could anybody will do the community a favour? > > B.Rgds, > > Janvier Pang > >
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