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Re: Draft release notes and errata for RC1 - please comment



On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 05:35:00PM +0100, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote:
> Sven Luther wrote:
> >A few comments concerning the powerpc port now :
> >
> >
> >>- http://people.debian.org/~fjp/d-i/RC1_errata_DRAFT.html
> 
> ...
> 
> > - works only on some PowerPC systems (most ATI graphics cards)
> >
> >   I would have written : "Works on all PowerPC systems with ATI graphic
> >   cards". I believe we have had no single success report with non-ATI 
> >   graphic
> >   cards, and we solved all ATI related problems. Well, i am not sure if 
> >   this
> >   applies to radeonfb only, or if problems remain with older ati cards
> >   though. Eddy/Attilio, can you comment on this ? 
> 
> Failures on PPC with ATI Radeon cards were never reported (only successes)
> A failure on PPC with ATI ATI 3D Rage Pro was reported.
> Success was reported with ATI 3D Rage IIC.
> We never received reports about success with NVidia cards.

So, what about :

  Works on all PowerPC systems with ATI radeon graphic cards.

Maybe contrasted with an additional :

  And may work with some older ATI graphic cards.

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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