[Openchrome-users] K8M890 and 3D

[Antony FM]

Actually Martin
all of us have been stuck there
the truth of the matter is Via chipsets generally with Chrome9 onboards
dont have any graphics support as far as linux is concerned
are u aware that
*Linux kernel community to offer Free Driver development to any hardware
manufacturer
*http://www.kroah.com/log/2007/01/29/#free_drivers
"Yes, that's right, the Linux kernel community is offering all
companies free Linux driver development. No longer do you have to
suffer through all of the different examples in the Linux Device
Driver Kit, or pick through the thousands of example drivers in the
Linux kernel source tree trying to determine which one is the closest
to what you need to do.

All that is needed is some kind of specification that describes how
your device works, or the email address of an engineer that is willing
to answer questions every once in a while. A few sample devices might
be good to have so that debugging doesn't have to be done by email,
but if necessary, that can be done.

In return, you will receive a complete and working Linux driver that
is added to the main Linux kernel source tree. The driver will be
written by some of the members of the Linux kernel developer community
(over 1500 strong and growing). This driver will then be automatically
included in all Linux distributions, including the "enterprise" ones.
It will be automatically kept up to date and working through all Linux
kernel API changes. This driver will work with all of the different
CPU types supported by Linux, the largest number of CPU types
supported by any operating system ever before in the history of
computing.

As for support, the driver will be supported through email by the
original developers, when they can help out, and by the "enterprise"
Linux distributors as part of their service agreements with their
customers.

If your company is worried about NDA issues surrounding your device's
specifications, we have arranged a program with OSDL/TLF's Tech Board
to provide the legal framework where a company can interact with a
member of the kernel community in order to properly assure that all
needed NDA requirements are fulfilled.

Now your developers will have more time to work on drivers for all of
the other operating systems out there, and you can add "supported on
Linux" to your product's marketing material.

This offer is in affect for all different types of devices, from USB
toys to PCI video devices to high-speed networking cards. If you build
it, we can get Linux drivers working for it.

For any questions about this program, please feel free to respond to
this email, or contact me directly at greg at kroah.com. I will also be
available at FreedomHEC 2007 held adjacent to WinHEC, if anyone wants
to bring devices and work face-to-face."

Regards
Antony F. M.

On 4/23/07, Mart?n Carr <tincarr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello.
> Well, I've been the whole night trying to get this board to work with
> 3d acceleration. I've tried unichrome, openchrome, and compile it
> several times. I think I've read everything online about this. I could
> compile and run the module using this guide:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenChrome
>
> I had to download (as the guide explains) and compile DRM, and change
> the file shared-core/drm_pciids.txt to let it know that my board has
> 3D supported (I've been reading the source and I think that's what the
> 0 means).
>
> Well, with everyting compiled and loaded I tried to run glxinfo. It
> only saids something like 'running on 0:0' and then hangs the X. In
> fact I can't do anything else and I have to reboot the whole system.
>
> This morning I found this thread:
>
> http://wiki.openchrome.org/tikiwiki/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?forumId=1&comments_parentId=3330
> I've read several emails from benno, I think we are no the same road.
> The difference with that thread is that I'm using the experimental
> branch. The mouse cursor thing happens only when KDM is showing the
> users. When KDE starts the cursor starts being an arrow again.
>
> Well, reading this:
> "Chrome9 uses a new 3D engine which is not yet supported in Mesa afaict."
>
> I think I can only let you know that if you need to try something you
> can e-mail me. Now I disabled dri so I can see videos (it was *slow*
> before that).
>
> Please let me know If that is the case or I could try something else.
> I would like to help, and make the acceleration work.
>
> Regards,
> Mart?n.
>
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