Intel also has many graphic chipset that do not use any proprietary bits, but have fully open source drivers. It's the graphics chipsets with the Imagination Technology core that are proprietary because Imagination Technology hasn't provided licensing of their IP for Open Source use.
regards Joel From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alison Chaiken Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 9:15 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [MeeGo-dev] confusion over Intel graphics chipsets José Antonio Castelo <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> The Intel Acceleration Graphic card GMA 600 is similar to the GMA 500 which used the driver PSB Poulsbo or EMGD, could the GMA 600 use the EMGD drivers? Intel has multiple graphic chipsets, each of which has their own proprietary userland driver, their own kernel module, and sometimes a separate GPU driver. In addition, some versions of MeeGo use OpenGL/GLX, and others user OpenGLES/EGL. You are not alone in your confusion, I assure you! This guide may be helpful: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTYxNg Note that a "zypp up" on N450 machines with MeeGo-IVI automatically installs EMGD drivers even on machines with i915 chipsets. (There is a "switch . . . case" construct whose default if nothing string-matches is to install EMGD. I'm not making this up!) Do not blindly "zypp up" on WeTab, ExoPC or Lenovo S10! HTH, Alison -- Alison Chaiken (650) 279-5600 (cell) http://www.exerciseforthereader.org/ "What you do for a living is not be creative, what you do is ship." -- Seth Godin, vimeo.com/5895898<http://vimeo.com/5895898>
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