How is the outlook for 3d accelleration on debian-ppc? I've found some attractive deals on voodoo 2 and 3, and wonder whether I can expect (in the moderately near future) to see either or both of these cards supported.
I saw (on Slashdot) that the voodoo3's drivers and DRI (for Xfree 4.0) modules were open-sourced - but I don't know if the code looks portable, or if Xfree 4 even works on PPC. So the V3 might show some promise, but I'm at home, w/o a good internet link or my Linux box, and therefore can't try it myself right now. Has anyone looked into this/tried it? Would it work as just a fast 2d card in Linux even (since my 2d performance isn't very stellar with atyfb and a Rage II+). If not, switching the monitor cable back and forth could quickly become a real pain :-( If this doesn't look like it will work, would there be any hope for a V2 driver, or is it looking unlikely that we'll ever get glide ported? The Voodoo 2 also has some strong points in that Virtual PC works directly with it under MacOS. Thanks for any tips - I'm trying to pick between the two, or look at another, and Linux/PPC support would be a real deciding factor. -Kevin Puetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
