[Openchrome-users] VIA and OpenChrome

[Xavier Bachelot]

Paul Gardiner wrote:
> Xavier Bachelot wrote:
>> community. However, the openchrome driver, while having some
>> advantages like free modesetting, EXA support, XvMC VLD acceleration,
>> and cleaner code,  ...
> 
> What does free modesetting mean? Does that mean I can specify a mode
> line in xorg.conf? I'd picked up the impression, partly from looking
> at the source, that at least some chips had a finite set of named
> modes. Am I mistaken?
> 
Depends on the output. TV out definitely have fixed modes. Some panels
too (K8M800,CN400, VM800). CRT and all others panels do have free
modesetting.

Regards,
Xavier