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> 2009/9/15 Patrick Matthäi <pmatth...@debian.org
> <mailto:pmatth...@debian.org>>
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> Paul Harris schrieb:
> > as stated here:
> >
> >
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> http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Legacy/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.2&product=2.4.2.3.9&lang=English
>
> <http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Legacy/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.2&product=2.4.2.3.9&lang=English>
> >
>
> <http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Legacy/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.2&product=2.4.2.3.9&lang=English
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> <http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Legacy/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.2&product=2.4.2.3.9&lang=English>>
> >
> > the support for older cards has been moved to a legacy driver.
> >
> > can we see Debian support for the legacy driver? I think this is very
> > important due to the extended lifecycle of linux computers, its likely
> > these old graphics cards will be around for quite some time into
> the future.
> >
> > This seems to be the only way to get hardware accelerated 3D
> graphics on
> > linux with these cards... right?
>
> Wrong. Legacy is only for windows.
>
>
> Ah, which is why they state:
> The Linux ATI Catalyst™ driver will only be supported in Linux
> distributions prior to February 2009 for the legacy products listed above.
>
> So can we use the older drivers with newer kernels? Is it possible to
> create a working driver based on an old release?
>
No I am sorry and you also forget, that the complete xorg support is
missing.
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Mit freundlichem Gruß / With kind regards,
Patrick Matthäi
GNU/Linux Debian Developer
E-Mail: pmatth...@debian.org
patr...@linux-dev.org
Comment:
Always if we think we are right,
we were maybe wrong.
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