Re: Intel Atom Poulsbo chipset Xorg driver in Debian
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 18:49:13 +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire 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.
>
The driver depends on a kernel component that is not upstream, and
doesn't look like it will be any time soon. (And the 3d driver is
proprietary, with no prospect of being freed afaik.) So far poulsbo is
a pretty big pile of fail.
Cheers,
Julien
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