From: Gareth H. <gar...@ac...> - 2001-09-14 22:28:09
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Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > Another point is that binary drivers like NVIDIA are x86 only, which is > a problem for me (PPC) as Apple now bundles their cards with recent > Mac G4s. > > Also, despite beeing pretty complete, the r128 driver is experiencing > all sorts of lockups (depending on the chip rev. and using AGP or not) > on PPC. I don't know if x86 has the same issue, but since there doesn't > seem to be anybody working on it anymore with good knowledge of the > r128 engine (and it's possible bugs)... Indeed, this is a problem... Mind you, in the days of the GeForce3 (and it successors) and Radeon 8500 (or whatever they're calling the R200), who wants to be stuck maintaining a driver for the r128? Not me... -- Gareth |