Packard on the state of Linux graphics [LWN.net]

Packard on the state of Linux graphics

Posted Apr 26, 2009 17:04 UTC (Sun) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501)
In reply to: Packard on the state of Linux graphics by nix
Parent article: Packard on the state of Linux graphics

I believe that S3 is basically what you ave now in recent crappy sis boards. Sadly I inherited one such system. Well, it's good enough to show a console or X with lots of xterms.

BTW: what about graphics chipset(s?) included in popular ARM/MIPS SoC?

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Packard on the state of Linux graphics

Posted Apr 26, 2009 19:40 UTC (Sun) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]

The only one that I am really aware of that has real OpenGL acceleration for Linux would be the ones included in such devices like the Dell Mini-12* and OMAP3 plaform.

*The Mini-12 uses a variant of the 'full embedded' Atom processor + Atom-oriented chipset that Intel and friends intended for the MID/handheld market. Typically Atom-based netbooks/laptops (like the mini-9) use older Intel laptop-oriented chipsets like the 915g or 945g and the chipset uses more energy then the actual cpu.

These use the PowerVR SGX core.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerVR

Now for the Dell Mini-12 and other Atom-based systems Intel provides the proprietary Poulsbo OpenGL driver (along with OSS DRM and 2D driver).

I don't know about the OMAP3 stuff...

Now if you looked at Tungsten graphic's documentation for Gallium they mentioned PowerVR with pretty much every other sentance. I don't know the status of any of that stuff, though. Especially since Tungstan graphics has been bought out by Vmware.