ATI FireGL 5200 Support?

[David Abrahams]

Hi,

The open-source ATI drivers available with Ubuntu don't support the
ATI FireGL 5200 (as far as I know).  I don't want to use fglrx because
I really want to use MergedFB, with which it is incompatible (as far
as I know).  Is anyone working on open-source support for the FireGL
5200?  If not, is it reasonable to think I could do something about it
(with no experience in this area)?

Thanks in advance,

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com