[ltp] Re: ATI driver choice / mergedFB / power management

[David Abrahams]

"Alex Deucher" <alexdeucher@gmail.com> writes:

> On 8/10/06, David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com> wrote:
>>
>> On my Thinkpad T60p I am currently running fglrx, but I have no
>> commitment to that.  In particular, I don't care about graphics
>> performance at all except that I like a snappy UI (well, I like the
>> OpenGL screensavers too, but that's not really important).
>>
>
> Ati has not realsed any documentation on the avivo based chips, so
> there is no open source support for them at the moment.  If you want
> any acceleration of special features, you are stuck with fglrx.

Thanks.  Someone from ATI contacted me privately after seeing my post
on an Xorg list.  Very impressive responsiveness!

He claims an 8.28 driver is coming out soon that will address most of
my concerns.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com