X: savage driver: ARGB Cursor ?

[Alex Deucher]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:07:18 +0100, Felix Kühling <fxkuehl at gmx.de> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 20.01.2005, 09:29 +0000 schrieb ROBERTOJIMENOCA:
> > Felix Kühling wrote:
> > > Am Mittwoch, den 19.01.2005, 20:30 +0000 schrieb ROBERTOJIMENOCA:
> > > > I have a:
> > > > 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. VT8636A [ProSavage KN133] AGP4X VGA Controller (TwisterK) (rev 01)
> > > >
> > > > It seems windows supports ARGB cursors. Do you have any docs or
> > > > intentions to code it?
> > > >
> > > > Looking at:
> > > > http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html
> > > > I found:
> > > > http://www.linux.org.uk/~alan/S3.zip
> > > > Did you know about this driver and it's inclusion in X.org?
> > >
> > > If this is what I think it is, then it's the VIA/S3 code drop that the
> > > current 3D driver is based on. Alex Deucher has done most of the work on
> > > the 2D side. He should know more about ARGB cursors and if the code drop
> > > supported them. Please post this kind of questions to
> > > dri-devel at lists.sourceforge.net (for 3D-related questions) or to
> > > xorg at lists.freedesktop.org (for 2D questions) so that the most competent
> > > people can reply. I am subscribed to both lists and will respond to
> > > questions I can answer.


I merged all the necessary bits of the S3 code into DRI cvs a year ago
and it has since been merged into Xorg.  The code drop did not contain
support for ARGB cursors and I don't think the hardware is even
capable of it.  I suspect windows uses some sort of color hack or
software for ARGB cursors.

Alex