[Pkg-fglrx-devel] r1048 - fglrx-driver/trunk/debian

[Andreas Beckmann]

Author: anbe-guest
Date: 2012-09-10 13:22:20 +0000 (Mon, 10 Sep 2012)
New Revision: 1048

Modified:
   fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/changelog
   fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/fglrx-driver.NEWS
Log:
mention availability of fglrx-legacy-driver

Modified: fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/changelog	2012-09-10 13:08:26 UTC (rev 1047)
+++ fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/changelog	2012-09-10 13:22:20 UTC (rev 1048)
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
     prevent reappearence of bugs like #684702.
   * Update Homepage to point to AMD.
   * README.Debian: Add link to unofficial bugzilla for upstream bug reports.
+  * Mention the availability of fglrx-legacy-driver which supports the legacy
+    Radeon HD 2000/3000/4000 (currently in experimental and later in
+    wheezy-backports).
 
  -- Andreas Beckmann <debian at abeckmann.de>  Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:44:03 +0200
 

Modified: fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/fglrx-driver.NEWS
===================================================================
--- fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/fglrx-driver.NEWS	2012-09-10 13:08:26 UTC (rev 1047)
+++ fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/fglrx-driver.NEWS	2012-09-10 13:22:20 UTC (rev 1048)
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 fglrx-driver (1:12-6-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  Starting with the Catalyst 12.6 release, support for R6XX/R7XX based GPUs
-  has been dropped by AMD/ATI.  This includes any RadeonHD older than 5xxx,
+  Starting with the Catalyst 12.6 release, AMD/ATI has moved the support for
+  R6XX/R7XX based GPUs to a legacy driver.
+  This includes any RadeonHD older than 5xxx,
   e.g.  RadeonHD 2000
         RadeonHD 3000
         RadeonHD 4000
-  Please switch to the free radeon driver (xserver-xorg-video-radeon).
+  These graphics adapters are only supported by the fglrx-legacy-driver
+  (which is currently only available in experimental and will be made
+  available via wheezy-backports), or the free Radeon driver
+  (xserver-xorg-video-radeon).
 
  -- Andreas Beckmann <debian at abeckmann.de>  Mon, 04 Jun 2012 10:39:13 +0200