ATI 200m and Linux Open Source

[lowercase]

It appears that they've discovered how to initialize the memory on the 200M with Xf86 linux drivers now. According to http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ATIRadeon

 

"RS400

[*]Radeon XPRESS 200/200M IGP

Broken memory initialisation for 2D/3D. ( git version has fixes for this since june 2007, needs more testing on differing models )"

 

 

 

I'd be willing to sort this out especially if any other developers are willing to help out, my coding skills are a bit rusty. I think once we get the memory initialized on these then we can sort out what OpenGL calls we're going to have to override if we need to, if that's possible?

 

Anyway, I think it's worth looking into. There are a lot of really good, really cheap laptops that come with the 200m, and even more coming out that make great hackintosh's. I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 and have everything work 100% almost out of the box except the QE/CI.

 

If anyone has any good experience going over the xf86 ati drivers let me know.

[Ryan BG]

I know a bit of C. Enough to know what I am doing but not enough to really be of any help, but if there is anything else I can contribute, please don't hesitate to ask

[Bugmenot Account]

i hope someone can get something useful from this I also have a Dell Inspiron 1501 and have everything working almost except the QE/CI.

[lowercase]

Even better news. Worth waiting for instead of trying to mimick the linux drivers. OSNews

[jackrayers]

let's hope this will mean QE/CI support for 200m, *crosses fingers*