[ltp] IGMA 950 driver

[Sarunas Burdulis]

Alex Deucher wrote:
> On 4/6/06, Matt Ettus <boyscout@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>Got a new X60, and FC5 insists on using the vesa driver.  I tried the
>>i810 driver, but that doesn't work.  Which is the correct driver for
>>the 950?  Or is it the 945?  The wiki doesn't say which driver to use,
>>just that it works.
> 
> 
> i810 is what you want, there is no such thing as an 950 or 945 driver.
>  i810 supports all intel integrated graphics.  If you chip is really
> new, the id may not be in the version of the driver that ships with
> FC5.  you can probably force the chip id to one of the ids that is
> contained in the driver.
> 
I did test installs on X60s yesterday (this particular X60s has Intel
GMA950 as part of the 945GM chipset). Ubuntu Dapper and SuSE 10.1
installs choose to configure X.org with i810 and it "works". FC5 and
Debian Sid choose vesa.

X.org docs do not mention 945/GMA950 under i810:
> ... ... ...
> Supported Hardware
> i810 supports the i810, i810-DC100, i810e, i815, 830M, 845G, 852GM, 855GM, 865G, 915G and 915GM chipsets.
> ... ... ...
(from http://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.0/doc/html/i810.4.html)

Sarunas