[Mageia-dev] xserver 1.11

Wed Nov 30 00:35:02 CET 2011

On 29 November 2011 23:24, JA Magallon <jamagallon at ono.com> wrote:
+> On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:58:18 +0000
+> Donald Stewart <watersnowrock at gmail.com> wrote:
+
+>> Does anyone have, or know of some data on the number of people that
+>> still use pre Nvidia 6 series cards? And what the performance between
+>> the Nvidia and nouveau drivers for those cards is?
+>> Because, if not many people use them - and nouveau works well it isn't
+>> really an issue, but if not, then surely we run the risk of the
+>> drivers not being compatible in time for Mga 2, despite that being a
+>> long way off. If memory serves, it took a very long time for the 96xx
+>> driver to being made compatible a while back. But then again, its
+>> Cauldron, so we should test and push forward......
+>
+> Sorry, just to make my mind clear, what is the problem with GF 6 series ?
+> Nouveau not working but from GF7 and up, or propietary not working in 6 ?
+>
+> Beacuse if it is the later, the standard nvidia current driver supports
+> series 6 and up. The legacy drivers are required only for 5(FX) and below.
+
+It was with pre 6 series cards, ir, 5,4.... because they are the ones
+not supported with x1.11 and Nvidia driver, GF 6 and up don't matter
+as they are supported by the proprietary driver.
+
+So what I was meaning was that if the nouveau support is good for pre
+6 series cards, ie 4,5 then it is fine as that can be used as a
+workaround until the nvidia driver is compatible again.
+
+i hope that that is clearer.
+