Re: State of Unichrome support

[Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs math uh edu>]

>>>>> "AC" == Alan Cox <alan redhat com> writes:

>> Should I open a bug for this?

AC> Yes.

I've opened #131403: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=131403

[Unichrome DRM]

AC> It's not 2.6 merged and there is some essential work to be done
AC> there for the 3D before it goes in.

I guess that's the "user can write and maybe read anywhere in system
RAM" problem.  Personally I don't care if the user at the console can
crash the system (since they could just pull the power) but I can see
why it's being kept out of the kernel.  Any suggestions on how I can
help test?  I'm on the xorg list but I don't think that's deep enough
into it.

AC> The analogue side is all off chip on these things. They are used
AC> for cheap boards so you get cheap analogue parts too

I'd hope a $115 Intel D865GLC board would have reasonable output, but
I have a $40 MSI board with a ProSavage chipset that looks better.  I
think everyone just ships crap these days.  Maybe I'll have better
luck with one of the Radeon IGP chipset boards.

 - J<