[PATCH] support i945G as i915G

Alan Hourihane alanh at fairlite.demon.co.uk
Wed May 18 01:12:31 PDT 2005


On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 07:59:29PM -0400, Christopher Allen Wing wrote:
> I am testing an Intel based x86_64 machine with an integrated i945G
> graphics controller. It seems to work properly with the i810 driver, if
> you patch it to treat the chip the same as the i915G. I built the 6.8.2
> release with a patch similar to this one and everything worked properly,
> including OpenGL. (once similar changes were made to the i915 DRI/DRM)
> 
> 
> Is anyone looking at supporting these newer Intel chips in the future, or
> is a patch like this okay?

I'll take care of things. The devices aren't exactly the same.

Alan.



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