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heun@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU (Volker Heun) writes:

> 
> In article <87hg7d203k.fsf@xeno.xig.com>, Thomas Roell <roell@xeno.xig.com> writes:
> |> David Peters <davidp@AdvanceEnergy.com.au> writes:
> |> 
> |> > 
> |> > Scenario...
> |> > 
> |> > You (somewhat stupidly) purchase an IBM laptop thinking 'now this'll
> |> > make a hell Linux box`, only to find that the bloody thing has a
> |> > NeoMagic video chipset, and that there is no driver (or info to help
> |> > write one) for the X server, so then you give up, install Windows on it,
> |> > palm it off to someone else and look for something better.
> |> 
> |> Sorry, this statement is wrong. There is a driver for neomagic
> |> chipsets. Check out http://www.xig.com. External/Internal switching
> |> supported (with different refresh rates), Power Saving modes and a lot
> |> of other nifty features.
> 
> Sorry, his statement is a little bit true. There is only a VGA16 driver for
> 800x600 in XF86Free, since NeoMagic do not release their specs.

Aehm, the question was not whether there was support in XF86_SVGA for
a Neomagic chip, the question was, whether there was support available
at all.

- Thomas
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