Re: Support of the SIS M760GX Chipset in AMD Turion system in Linux / Debian

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw@netspace.net.au>]

Mark Farnell wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am thinking about getting an ASUS or ACER AMD Turion-based system.
> How well is Turion supported by Debian Linux, particularly its SIS
> M760GX Chipset?  If I attempt to load Debian Sarge amd64 onto this
> type of laptop, what extra steps should I take and what extra packages
> / procedures (e.g. installing a recent kernel in Debian Unstable etc.)
> must be involved?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark

linux-2.6.10/drivers: find . -type f -exec grep -iHs m760 {} \;

./video/sis/init301.c: *     SiS 
315/550/650/M650/651/661FX/M661xX/740/741(GX)/M741/330/660/M660/760/M760
./video/sis/init.c: *     SiS 315/550/650/M650/651/661FX/M661FX/740/741(GX)/M741/330/660/M660/760/M760
./video/sis/initdef.h:#define SF_IsM760         0x0080
./pci/pci.ids:  0760  760/M760 Host
./pci/pci.ids:  6330  661FX/M661FX/M661MX/741/M741/760/M760 PCI/AGP
./pci/devlist.h:        DEVICE(1039,0760,"760/M760 Host")
./pci/devlist.h:        DEVICE(1039,6330,"661FX/M661FX/M661MX/741/M741/760/M760 PCI/AGP")

It says M760 but not M760GX. I'd try it tho.