Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:34:50 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there anybody will port the ATI linux driver to FreeBSD? Message-ID: <44d51rm9np.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <20070426081654.h3m7g8quoswsw8wo@webmail.leidinger.net> (Alexander Leidinger's message of "Thu\, 26 Apr 2007 08\:16\:54 %2B0200") References: <2cfbc3dd0704251816n28c20717x89dfff47e8d11835@mail.gmail.com> <44vefjhpj8.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> <20070426081654.h3m7g8quoswsw8wo@webmail.leidinger.net>
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Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> writes: > Quoting Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org> (from > Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:50:51 -0400): > >> "Andres Hernandez" <jaskel.systems@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> Sorry, but we need to do something... i can help if u want, but tell me how. >>> I dont like my freebsd with vesa in my laptop. >>> >>> I have an ATI Mobility x1400 >> >> The ATI driver isn't open-source, so porting it isn't really an option. > > The X11 driver itself does not need to be ported, as it is only > architecture dependand, but not OS dependand. So the x86 driver will > work with our X.org (as long as the X.org versions are compatible). > The only thing what needs to be ported is the kernel interface. Ah; my apologies. I thought there was a binary kernel module involved.
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