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SubjectRe: replacing X Window System !
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On Fri, 2006-05-19 at 17:13, linux cbon wrote:
> --- Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr> a écrit :
> > BEWARE !! None of the "Avivo" series (ATI X1000 and
> > later) will work.
> > Only the readon (Radeon 7xxx, Radeon 8xxx, Radeon
> > 9xxx, X600, X700,
> > X800) have drivers.
> >
> > See DRI homepage for more information.
> >
> > Xav
>
>
> Hi,
>
> does DRI access hardware *directly* ?

Yes it does.

> How does DRI compare with other drivers ?

DRI is not finished for r300 cards (radeon 9600 => X700 IIRC), but it
kind of works. The only other driver I know for r300 is Xorg's radeon,
and it's dead slow.

Xav


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