[ltp] T42p / FireGL T2 / Render Acceleration

Laurent Gilson linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:41:54 +0200


Hello,

> What? They've dropped support for the Mobility FireGL T2? that's a M10=
,
> which is pretty new, I think (this computer is only 1 year old). You
> sure?

http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3D15918

Most M-somethings got dropped. IMHO that includes the M10. The good news=
  =

is that the R300 (aka M10) will get basic 3D-support in Xorg 7.1.

Hint: the support on the windows side is not much better:
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=3D894&task=3Dknow=
ledge&questionID=3D737-1176

In my book ATI and Sony do everything possible to stop people from buyin=
g.  =

Dropping driver support for a card that is still sold is ... not OK.

cu