Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267543AbUJVUL5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:11:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267507AbUJVULJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:11:09 -0400 Received: from witte.sonytel.be ([80.88.33.193]:20101 "EHLO witte.sonytel.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267543AbUJVUKl (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:10:41 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 22:10:30 +0200 (MEST) From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: Adrian Cox cc: Kendall Bennett , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? In-Reply-To: <1098434942.5755.34.camel@newt> Message-ID: References: <4176E08B.2050706@techsource.com> <4177ABC9.8291.20E9CB7A@localhost> <1098434942.5755.34.camel@newt> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1640 Lines: 37 On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Adrian Cox wrote: > On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 20:30, Kendall Bennett wrote: > > Most embedded customers care less about overall performance of the > > graphics hardware but more about low cost, low power and longevity. That > > is the reason that ATI committed to continue production of the Radeon > > Mobility M1 for many years to come. That is also the reason the Chips & > > Tech (now Asiliant) 6900 chipset is so popular for embedded customers, > > because they have been using the same hardware for years (but now that > > the 69000 is winding down, many are moving to the Mobility M1). > > Also consider the Fujitsu Coral parts for embedded use: > http://www.fme.gsdc.de/gsdc.htm?macrofam/mb86295.htm > > They have a large manual, though I can't vouch for completeness. They > have 3D and alpha blending. They don't have legacy VGA registers, and > they don't have a VGA BIOS. In an embedded system, that's a bonus. > > This is the competition facing a new open source graphics chip in the > embedded segment. And the embedded solutions from Silicon Motion. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/