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Date:      Wed, 16 Feb 2000 19:50:06 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "Gail M. Pickett" <gmpicket@icx.net>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: XFree86 and Intel 810 chipset 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002161948260.77743-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <200002151909.LAA02215@mass.cdrom.com>

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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.

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 442 9037




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