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From: "Janvier Pang" <janvier.roc@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Is there anybody will port the ATI linux driver to FreeBSD?
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Hi Nick,

Why not use a blog or some free web space ( e.g. pages.google.com ) to put
this driver?

I think it's still useful for some ati users.

B.Rgds,

Janvier Pang

On 1/25/07, Janvier Pang <janvier.roc@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, guys,
>
> As http://www.fglrx-freebsd.com/index.php will shutdown at Jan. 31,2007.
> Will anybody continue to port the latest ATI driver to FreeBSD?
>
> A ported version of ATI drivers on above is 8.20.8, but ATI had released
> their updated driver to 8.33.6 at Jan. 10, 2007, but it seems nobody will
> continue to port such this important driver to FreeBSD.
>
> Lots of people use the new ATI card supported by the latest driver, AFAIK,
> 8.20.8 is a very out-date version and it's not support R5xx series chipset
> or any other advanced series, if nobody continue to port or maintain this
> driver, i think FreeBSD may lose lots of ATI users at this point.
>
> Could anybody will do the community a favour?
>
> B.Rgds,
>
> Janvier Pang
>
>