I dunno, AFR could be done. Assuming the regular rage128 driver can work on
the Fury MAXX, you're halfway there (well, not quite, but anyway). Once you
can find the 2nd (slave) chip's memory map off the AGP bus (I assume there's
also a bridge chip involved since AGP
can only take one video device, AFAIK). Once you know where all the pieces
are, you can
make an AFR driver. Of course, it'd be so much easier if the chip specs were
made accessible (ala Matrox). None of this SDK stuff!
As for the nvidia driver, and its ilk, it's too bad they want to 'support'
Linux with closed-source
drivers. I wish they'd release their old chip designs and have the Open Source
Community have a crack at making a good driver. Oh well, guess it's better
than nothing. But it certainly goes against the ideal that Linux is an OS that
can be easily changed, by using the source. In this case, the source isn't
there...*sigh*.
But I digress. Ice.
Rich 'Forge' Mingin wrote:
> AFR may or may not be workable, but all Kyro work is being done in house (a
> la Nvidia) by STmicro. They're expecting a Kyro/Kyro2 closed source driver
> for XFree4.X to be ready any decade now.
>
> Rich 'Forge' Mingin
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Digital Z-Man" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 00:55
> Subject: Re: [Dri-devel] Announcement
>
> > >
> > > The Topic about VA Linux:
> > > How many open source programmers are working at the moment on the
> > > DRI project without being an employee at VA Linux or other companies.
> > > In other words, programmers who do this in their free time?
> > >
> >
> > Well, anyone who wants to, IMO. I would like to jump in, but I wouldn't
> know
> > where to get specs for the cards I want to work on. For example, I want
> to add
> >
> > AFR support to dual chip ATI boards, since alot of ppl are asking for it.
> And,
> > how
> > 'bout support for the Kyro II chip? Can anyone help in this case?
> >
> > I have to admit, PI's absorption by VA caught me off guard, but then I
> haven't
> > been following this forum for a long while now.
> >
> > Cheers, Ice.
> >
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