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On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:04:53 +0100 (CET) |
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Álvaro Castro <alvcastro@×××××.es> wrote: |
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> So, any one uses Wildcat Realizm? |
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No, but I did use a VP970 for awhile. The problem you;ll |
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have is that Gentoo moves much faster than 3DLabs, and |
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much faster than Xig, which used to supply the Linux driver |
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for the older 3DLabs card (technically, the Xserver as well). |
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3DLabs, somewhat like ATI is more concerned with their WinXX |
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customers - the big OEMS, big dmedia customers, and others where |
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they can make the most of Marketing messages, and sell numerous cards. |
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Nvidia is like this as well, but internally, has a large base of Linux using |
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developers - not Linux specific developers, but devs that won't use other |
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operating systems. Thus tended to get through the Linux ramp-up for drivers |
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really fast as it had a large self-interest. |
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So expect to have to stay on the same kernel/Xorg for a really long time. Best |
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to switch over to just updating for GLSA issues and running a really stable |
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system. And then when you do upgrade, expect to have to deal with the issue |
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again. Most of 3DLabs' base will buy a set of systems and cards for a specific |
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project, and after the 3 yrs or so the project runs, move on to the next project, at |
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which time they will update the software and probably hardware as well. |
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Bob |
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