Re: Intel Atom Poulsbo chipset Xorg driver in Debian

[Daniel Moerner <dmoerner@gmail.com>]

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>