AMD : more open-licensed goodies
The X.org ATi driver has been updated to release 6.8.0 which is worth a note for a couple of reasons. The release notes read as follows:
- - mach64, r128, radeon ported to libpciaccess
- - massive restructuring of ati wrapper
- - radeon support for r5xx, rs6xx, and r6xx chips using ATOMBIOS
- - return of zaphod mode support
- - radeon support for centered modes using scalers (selectable via output attributes)
- - PAL tv-out fixed on supported chips
- - initial support for render accel on r3xx/r4xx chips (rotation)
- - fix TV option handling
- - Xv RGB fixes
- - XPRESS Xv fixes
- - improve bios/driver interaction on radeon
- - revert back to previous AGP mode behavior
- - lots of bug fixes
After the release of the X.org-ATi driver on the 18th, AMD followed up with another Open-License release on the 20th.
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