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From: Bernd Steinhauser <gentoo@×××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving use.desc
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:55:12
Message-Id: 477D12B3.30709@bernd-steinhauser.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving use.desc by "Santiago M. Mola"
1 Hi,
2
3 What about sth. like this:
4
5 > fglrx - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for fglrx video cards
6 fglrx - Build AMD's proprietary video driver for r300-r600 video cards
7 > nv - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for nv video cards
8 nv - Open source driver for Nvidia cards, only supports 2D
9 (I don't know what cards it supports.)
10 nouveau - Open source driver for Nvidia cards, with 3D support
11 (When it will make it to portage, at some time in the future. ;-))
12 > nvidia - VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver for nvidia video cards
13 nvidia - Nvidia's proprietary video driver (some cards need a special
14 version)
15 > radeon - ATI Radeon up to X1050-series (i.e. Radeon SDR/DDR, Radeon
16 > 7000-9800, and Radeon X300-X1050 are supported)
17 radeon - Open source driver with 3D support, that supports ATI cards up
18 to r500 chips (r600 Chips without 3D acceleration)
19 radeonhd - New open source driver based on AMD's released documentation,
20 with support for r500/r600 chips
21
22 Generally I think, that the text "VIDEO_CARDS setting to build driver
23 for X cards" really doesn't help anyone, then you could also just leave
24 it blank, which might actually be a good idea, because that encourages
25 people to place something good in there.
26
27 Bernd
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