Re: Bug#533450: ITP: xserver-xorg-video-psb -- Xorg Graphics driver for Intel Poulsbo chipset (GMA 500)
I originally just sent this to debian-devel since I didn't see the bug
report on it, here are my comments on the bug report for posterity.
I'll keep debian-devel on CC. I've attached the forwarded message at
the end.
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Kushal
Koolwal<kushalkoolwal@hotmail.com> wrote:
> * Package name : xserver-xorg-video-psb
> Version : 1.0
I only see version 0.2.1 on various websites, the upstream git repo on
moblin.org no longer exists.
> Upstream Author : Intel Moblin
> * URL : http://www.intel.com/products/mid/
> * License : GPL
It looks like MIT to me.
> Programming Lang: C/C++
> Description : Xorg Graphics driver for Intel Poulsbo chipset (GMA 500)
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/06/msg00515.html
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 5.0.1
> APT prefers stable
> APT policy: (500, 'stable')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
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Here was my original message that I sent out before I saw the bug report:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Daniel Moerner <dmoerner@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: Intel Atom Poulsbo chipset Xorg driver in Debian
To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Jonathan
Wiltshire<debian@jwiltshire.org.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:42:55AM -0700, Kushal Koolwal wrote:
>>
>> It seems that the support for Intel's Poulsbo chipset (Graphics GMA 500) for Atom processor (US15) is sparse [1].
>> So far I have been able to find a driver package in Ubuntu Hardy [2].
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone has ideas as to if Debian will get the support for Poulsbo chipset.
>
> From a brief look at the package in Hardy, the license would be
> considered free, so I suggest you file a Request for Packaging [1] and
> hopefully somebody will take you up on it.
Is the driver in better shape than it was in January?
http://www.happyassassin.net/2009/01/30/intel-gma-500-poulsbo-graphics-on-linux-a-precise-and-comprehensive-summary-as-to-why-youre-screwed/
Ubuntu even requested to have it removed from their archive because it
was obsolete and broken:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-psb/0.2.1-1ubuntu3
I'm not sure if this is something that would be wanted in the archive
unless support has improved (which is a legitimate possibility, given
that Dell purports to support this chipset in the Mini 12).
Cheers,
Daniel
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Daniel Moerner <dmoerner@gmail.com>
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