From: Keith W. <ke...@tu...> - 2003-11-17 19:20:19
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Ian Romanick wrote: > Jan Eidtmann wrote: > >> So, support for three new cards in one mtx driver sounds just great, >> isnt it? >> *looks at DRI developers* PLEASE DO IT > > > I can't (and don't) speak for all the DRI developers, but supporting a > kernel modules for a closed-source client-side driver is so low on the > priority list that all other potential DRI related projects would have > to cease to exist before it would it even be considered. (It's run-on > sentance Monday!) On the flip side, I believe that all the Parhelia > related chips are programmable-pipeline only (i.e., no fixed function > hardware). Even if Matrox did release all the required documentation, > the Mesa infrastructure isn't far enough along to /properly/ support it. Actually I don't agree with the last bit. There's not much missing from mesa in that regard. Keith |