LCA: Updates on the X Window System [LWN.net]

LCA: Updates on the X Window System

Posted Jan 23, 2007 0:06 UTC (Tue) by vmlinuz (guest, #24)
In reply to: LCA: Updates on the X Window System by jwb
Parent article: LCA: Updates on the X Window System

Keith did specifically mention the whole modesetting mess, and that it was one of the very few things where there were IP issues in fixing it. Seriously - go watch his talk - I was there and I'm about to rewatch it because it was so interesting...

And I really didn't expect him to answer my question about discrete adapters, but I'm sure I've seen rumours to that effect around, so it seemed worth asking.

Also worth noting that xorg are stuck in a slight release blockage at the moment - 7.2 should have been out about a month ago, but is still pending. That, in turn, is slightly messing up the release of some more interesting stuff.

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LCA: Updates on the X Window System

Posted Jan 23, 2007 15:54 UTC (Tue) by vmole (guest, #111) [Link] (1 responses)

And I really didn't expect him to answer my question about discrete adapters, but I'm sure I've seen rumours to that effect around, so it seemed worth asking

Apparently you needed to wait a couple of days: Intel discrete graphics chips confirmed (via slashdot).

LCA: Updates on the X Window System

Posted Jan 24, 2007 15:26 UTC (Wed) by drag (guest, #31333) [Link]

Wow. That is potentially very good news.

I know I'd buy one in a heartbeat if they plan on providing open source drivers like they do now. Even if it doesn't end up beating Nvidia in performance (which I doubt; after all nvidia is very good at what they do) my onboard 945g has been kind to me reliability-wise. Better then Nvidia, at least.