[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#551835: fglrx-driver: include 'legacy' version for older cards (RC410)

[Andres Cimmarusti]

Package: fglrx-driver
Version: 1:8-12-4
Severity: wishlist

The fglrx-driver in Lenny works very well with my card: ATI Radeon 
Xpress 200M 5955 based on ATI's chip RC410. I've had no problems. However, 
ATI/AMD stopped supporting this card in their driver versions greater than 
9-3. I've also used the open-source radeon driver successfully with 
this card, though I have to say the 3D performance is worse and 
what is very important the laptop doesn't wake up from suspend or 
hibernate!. This problem remains in the newest version of the the 
package xserver-xorg-video-radeon, as can be evidenced from this Ubuntu 
bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/305301

Is there the possibility of including the 9-3 fglrx-driver as a 'legacy' 
non-free package (similar to the nvidia legacy drivers) for future 
releases?

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27.37-ac.1-amd64 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages fglrx-driver depends on:
ii  fglrx-glx                     1:8-12-4   proprietary libGL for the non-free
ii  libc6                         2.7-18     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdrm2                       2.3.1-2    Userspace interface to kernel DRM 
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]      7.0.3-7    A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.1.5-2  X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6                      2:1.0.4-1  X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxrandr2                    2:1.2.3-1  X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                   1:0.9.4-2  X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  xserver-xorg                  1:7.3+20   the X.Org X server

Versions of packages fglrx-driver recommends:
ii  fglrx-atieventsd 1:8-12-4                external events daemon for the non
ii  fglrx-glx        1:8-12-4                proprietary libGL for the non-free
ii  fglrx-glx-ia32   1:8-12-4                proprietary libGL for the non-free
ii  fglrx-kernel-2.6 1:8-12-4+2.6.26-19      ATI binary kernel module for Linux
ii  fglrx-kernel-2.6 1:8-12-4+2.6.27.37~ac.1 ATI binary kernel module for Linux
ii  fglrx-source     1:8-12-4                kernel module source for the non-f

Versions of packages fglrx-driver suggests:
pn  fglrx-control                 <none>     (no description available)

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