Improvements in X -configure

Jonas Melian jonasmg at softhome.net
Wed Apr 13 15:26:32 PDT 2005


Dave Airlie wrote:
>>2- Device (graphic card)
>>The method that uses to detect the module is to prove each one. But it
>>has a failure. What happens if a card allows two different modules and
>>set one of smaller yield?
>>
>>In my case, i have an ati radeon 8500. The correct module would be
>>'radeon' but it set 'ati'.
> 
> 
> either ati or radeon is correct.. ati is just a loader for radeon or ati2 
> 
> Dave.
> 

Ok, the detection is correct.

But I continue thinking that a data base is far better, although it only
been by speed. In addition as they are added more graphical card modules
more time will take in being proving each one until finding it.



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