Nouveau Companion 28

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Nouveau Companion 28

It's time for another issue of the Nouveau Companion, which talks about the development work done on the open-source 2D/3D NVIDIA driver over the past two weeks. Among the topics talked about in this issue include PlayStation 3 graphics via Nouveau, using TTM memory manager, and the Gallium3D architecture. A stable 2D Nouveau driver is about completed with EXA support but currently lacks an EXA implementation on the older NVIDIA hardware and there are still problems with NVIDIA's GeForce 8 hardware.

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=11221

[Fixxer_Linux]

I read on last news about Nouveau that some hardware has been given.

Would someone be interested by my old GeForce4-Ti 4200 / 64 Mb ???

I can send it to any developper that would be interested, instead of having this card rusting in my basement !

Let me know.

[ssam]

they really should add soomething to their FAQ if they want hardware donations. I have offered on IRC but got no response. but the latest Nouveau Companion suggests that they do need hardware.

[remm]

I tested a recent Nouveau build in F8 test 3 on my 8600 GTS, and it works pretty well for 2D. No Xv yet, and the video out indeed dies when trying to go to text mode, but it's still great progress.

[ahuillet]

Originally Posted by Fixxer_Linux

I read on last news about Nouveau that some hardware has been given.

Would someone be interested by my old GeForce4-Ti 4200 / 64 Mb ???

I can send it to any developper that would be interested, instead of having this card rusting in my basement !

Let me know.

Hello, I've just updated the FAQ with information regarding hardware donations.
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/...9c78d7cf7f042b
We do appreciate them.
As far as your precise card is concerned, I suggest you send a mail to the mailing list nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org, or join the IRC channel, and see who replies.
I don't need it myself just now because I'm busy with other things, but if nobody else takes it I'm interested, because I'll need NV2x testing hardware in a few months.