reassign 178600 xserver-xfree86 retitle 178600 xserver-xfree86: [s3] support desired for S3 Trio64V2/DX and /GX tag 178600 + upstream pending thanks
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 03:22:53PM +0100, Santiago Garcia Mantinan wrote: > We have made this dummy patch so that the S3 Trio64V2 is recogniced by XFree > 4.2.1 we have tested it a bit on our machine, the card seems to work ok and > we don't think it wil break anything as the code changes are really small. Why do you call it a "dummy" patch? It looks to me like it actually does something. > I think it would be good if you if you could forward this upstream if you > feel like the patch is ok, if so tell me. I suppose that to get full support > of this card (we don't have any specs or anything) more specific code should > be written, but this allows X 4.2.1 to run on this card, which couldn't be > done before. > > Well, hope this helps people with this cards. It applies cleanly to XFree86 4.2.1-5, so I am including it in the next release. I don't have any S3 cards, so I will have to rely on the user community to let me know if this patch works for them, and that it doesn't break anything. Thanks! -- G. Branden Robinson | Reality is what refuses to go away Debian GNU/Linux | when I stop believing in it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Philip K. Dick http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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