[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#542849: Bug#542849: Bug#542849: Bug#542849: fglrx-source: fglrx:firegl_init_device_list *ERROR* Out of memory when allocating device heads

[Michael S Gilbert]

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:23:42 +0800 Paul Harris wrote:

> 2009/9/15 Patrick Matthäi <pmatthaei at debian.org>
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> > Paul Harris schrieb:
> > > as stated here:
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> > http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Legacy/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.2&product=2.4.2.3.9&lang=English
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> > http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Legacy/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.2&product=2.4.2.3.9&lang=English
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> > >
> > > the support for older cards has been moved to a legacy driver.
> > >
> > > can we see Debian support for the legacy driver?  I think this is very
> > > important due to the extended lifecycle of linux computers, its likely
> > > these old graphics cards will be around for quite some time into the
> > future.
> > >
> > > This seems to be the only way to get hardware accelerated 3D graphics on
> > > linux with these cards... right?
> >
> > Wrong. Legacy is only for windows.
> >
> >
> Ah, which is why they state:
> The Linux ATI Catalyst™ driver will only be supported in Linux distributions
> prior to February 2009 for the legacy products listed above.
> 
> So can we use the older drivers with newer kernels?  Is it possible to
> create a working driver based on an old release?

amd's plan is to transition legacy users to the open source driver
(xserver-xorg-video-radeon/radeonhd).  when linux 2.6.31 gets packaged
for debian (which should be very soon), this driver will fully support
3d for cards up through the r500 series.

mike