Re: PowerBook G4
On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 19:35, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 07:22:44PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
>
> > By then it will be perfect. ;) Seriously, XFree86 4.2.0 will be out
> > which offers very decent support for the graphics chip. The rest of the
>
> As it stands, it's pretty darn fast with just the framebuffer driver -
> unless I try to run something that uses OpenGL I have completely failed
> to notice that it's unaccelerated.
You obviously don't move windows opaquely or scroll their contents. ;)
Of course, depending on what you used before, you won't notice before
using the accelerated driver.
> > hardware will also hopefully be supported in the mainline kernel by
> > then, and if not it will certainly be in the PPC specific kernels.
>
> Aside from the 3D acceleration and the modem most stuff is already
> supported to at least a reasonable. I think the only things I've not
> tried are PCMCIA (I'm pretty sure that's supported), IR and the video
> out.
>
> Basically, you'd be pretty much OK if you had one now and things are
> likely to get better.
Absolutely. When I'll become the proud owner of such a machine at last,
I won't be able to live without 3D acceleration for a long time - all
those games are just no fun without. So I'm rather confident that it'll
work in XFree86 4.3.0 at the latest. :)
--
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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