[haiku-development] Re: Is Intel 810 Video Driver Needed?
- From: Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:19:58 +0200
On 2009-08-04 at 21:51:04 [+0200], Gerald Zajac <zajacg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I have a Dell Dimension L800CXE which has an Intel 810 video chip on the
> motherboard.
>
> The intel_extreme video driver does not support the 810 chips. Also, the
> Vesa video driver will not handle this chip since it does not appear to
> have any compatible VESA graphics. In the syslog immediately after the
> VESA modes are listed, a line stating "No VESA compatible graphics!" is
> listed.
>
> Thus, I'm considering implementing a video driver to support the Intel
> 810 and 815 chips. However, I'm wondering if there are a sufficient
> number of computers that still use these chips to make the effort
> worthwhile. If these chips are rather rare these days (they are about
> 8-10 years old), it might not be worth the effort to implement a driver
> to support them. Do you have any opinion on this matter?
To be honest, I'd personally rather love some new chips to be supported
instead. Like having our own RadeonHD driver...
Best regards,
-Stephan
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