From: Brian S. Julin <bri@tull.umassp.edu>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 15:04:52 -0400 (EDT)

Fwds

Couple of forwarded items:

1) Slashdot noted today 3dfx has promised DRI support for linux, FWIW.

http://slashdot.org/articles/99/08/09/1415259.shtml

2) The following is from the fbdev list, and I would have posted it to 
ggi-kgi but that list seems broken down.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 13:38:01 +0200
From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: linux-fbdev@vuser.vu.union.edu
Subject: [linux-fbdev] Re: Graphics (SVGA?) Support for Intel 810 Chipset under Linux? 
Resent-Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 08:17:30 -0400 (EDT)
Resent-From: Brian Julin <bri@forcade.calyx.net>
Resent-To: bri@tull.umassp.edu
Resent-Subject: [linux-fbdev] Re: Graphics (SVGA?) Support for Intel 810
 Chipset under Linux? 

Hi!

First let me apologize if this is not the right place to ask. I  have
to admit that the whole area of graphics in basicly unknown territory
for  me: I'm just a dumb user in this area. [Not so in other areas, I
hope :-) ]

However, I'm responsible for getting Embedded Linux running as OS for
a high-volume consumer product, and the decision was made to base the
first series of this product on an Intel motherboard  using  the  810
Chipset. While I don't expect problems with the rest of the OS (based
on RedHat 6.0 Linux) we have no display yet :-(


We need support for  a  linear  32  bit  display,  640  x  480,  with
extension to allow for overlay. [I hope this makes sense to you, I've
just  copied  what  our engineer told me; if not, please ask for more
details.]

And we need it *fast*.


Please let me know if this is something where you can (and  want  to)
help,  or  if  you know somebody else who can, or if there is already
work going on to support  the  810  chipset.

Donations in form of hardware and/or money and even  contracting  for
the development are definitely an option and can be discussed.

Thanks in advance,

Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering

-- 
Shakespeare's Law of Prototyping: (Hamlet III, iv, 156-160)
        O, throw away the worser part of it,
        And live the purer with the other half.