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                     Driver Status for XFree86[tm] 4.0.2

                          The XFree86 Project, Inc

                               4 December 2000

                                  Abstract

     This document provides information about the status of the driver
     and hardware support in XFree86 4.0.2 compared with that in XFree86
     3.3.6.  Please send updates for this document to
     <fixes@xfree86.org>.  Please do not send requests for information
     or support to that address.

1.  Introduction

This document contains one section per vendor (organised alphabetically) for
each chipset family that is supported in XFree86 3.3.6 or XFree86 4.0.2.  It
includes information about the status of the drivers and the hardware they
support, including a comparison of the level of support between versions
3.3.6 and 4.0.2.  Unless otherwise stated, hardware is classified as "sup-
ported" if its driver provides basic 2D support.  Support for additional fea-
tures may or may not be present.

In XFree86 3.3.6, several X servers are available; much hardware uses the
XF86_SVGA server, which has a set of driver modules that are built into it at
compile time.  In other cases, X servers for specific chips (or families of
chips) are provided (such as XF86_AGX, XF86_Mach64, etc.).

In XFree86 4.0.2, there is only one X server, called "XFree86", which can
load driver modules at runtime.  Thus there is no specific mention of a
server binary when 4.0.2 is discussed; only the XFree86 server is used.
Third-party vendors (often the manufacturers of various video chipsets) may
provide their own drivers for the XFree86 server, but these third-party mod-
ules are beyond the scope of this document.

NOTE: Status information needs to be checked carefully and expanded where
possible.  E.g., include information about acceleration, multi-head, known
problems, hardware known to work on, platform dependencies/limitations, other
architectures known to work on (e.g., Alpha, PPC), etc.

2.  3Dfx

      3.3.6:
            Support (including acceleration) for Voodoo Banshee and Voodoo3
            cards is provided by the XF86_SVGA server with the tdfx driver.

      4.0.2:
            Support for Voodoo Graphics and Voodoo 2 chips is available on
            platforms where Glide is available (Linux and FreeBSD(?)) and is
            provided by the "glide" driver (requires version 2.x of the Glide
            library, which is not part of the XFree86 distribution).

            Support (including acceleration) for Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3,
            Voodoo4, and Voodoo5 is provided by the "tdfx" driver.

      Summary:
            All hardware supported in 3.3.6 is also supported in 4.0.2.

3.  3Dlabs

      3.3.6:
            Support (including acceleration) for GLINT 500TX (with IBM RGB526
            ramdac), GLINT MX plus Delta or Gamma (with IBM RGB526 and RGB640
            ramdacs), Permedia with IBM RGB526 RAMDAC, and Permedia 2, 2a, 2v
            is provided by the XF86_3DLabs server.

      4.0.2:
            Support (including acceleration) for Permedia, Permedia 2, 2v,
            (and 2a?), Permedia 3, GLINT 500TX, GLINT MX, GLINT Gamma, and
            GLINT Delta coproc is provided by the "glint" driver.

      Summary:
            All hardware supported in 3.3.6 is also supported in 4.0.2.  The
            Permedia 3 is only supported in 4.0.2.

4.  Alliance

      3.3.6:
            Support (including acceleration) for the AT24, AP6422, AT3D.
            Support is provided by the XF86_SVGA server with the apm driver.

      4.0.2:
            Support (including acceleration?) for the AT24, AT25 and AT3D.
            This support is provided by the "apm" driver.  This driver cur-
            rently has only incomplete support for the AP6422.

      Summary:
            The AP6422 is supported in 3.3.6 but not fully in 4.0.2.  The
            AT25 is supported in 4.0.2 but not in 3.3.6.

5.  ARK Logic

      3.3.6:
            Support (including acceleration) for the ARK1000PV, ARK2000PV,
            and ARK2000MT.  Support is provided by the XF86_SVGA server with
            the ark driver.

      4.0.2:
            Support (including acceleration) for the ARK1000PV, ARK2000PV,
            and ARK2000MT.  Support is provided by the "ark" driver.

      Summary:
            All hardware supported in 3.3.6 is also supported in 4.0.2.

6.  ATI

      3.3.6:
            Accelerated support is provided for the Mach8 chips (by the
            XF86_Mach8 server), Mach32 chips (by the XF86_Mach32 server), the
            following Mach64 and Rage chips: GX, CX, CT, ET, VT, VT3, GT,
            RageII+DVD, RagePro (GB, GD, GI, FP, GQ), VT4, Rage IIC (GV, GW,
            GZ), Rage LT Pro (LD, LB, LI, LP), Rage LT, Rage XL or XC (GL,
            GM, GN, GO, GR, GS) and Rage Mobility (LM, LN, LR, LS) (by the
            XF86_Mach64 server).  Unaccelerated support is provided for most
            of the above (except some early Mach8 and Mach32 adapters), as
            well the old VGAWonder series chipsets (18800, 18800-1, 28800-2,
            28800-4, 28800-5, 28800-6) by the XF86_SVGA server with the ati
            driver.  Accelerated support is provided for the Rage 128 chips
            by the XF86_SVGA server with the r128 driver.

      4.0.2:
            Accelerated support is provided for Mach64, Rage, Rage 128 and
            Radeon chips.  Unaccelerated support is provided for all of the
            others except the Mach8 and some early Mach32 chips by the "ati"
            driver.

      Summary:
            All chips supported in 3.3.6 are supported in 4.0.2 except for
            Mach8 and some old Mach32 chips.  The support in 4.0.2 is, how-
            ever, unaccelerated for all chips except the Mach64, Rage and
            Rage 128 variants.

7.  Avance Logic

      3.3.6:
            Support for the AL2101, ALI2228, ALI2301, ALI2302, ALI2308,
            ALI2401 chipsets.  Support is provided by the XF86_SVGA server,
            using the al2101 driver for the AL2101, and the ali driver for
            the others.  These drivers reportedly work, but they have no
            maintainer.

      4.0.2:
            No native support for these chipsets, because the old drivers
            have not been ported.

      Summary:
            No Avance Logic chips are supported in 4.0.2.

8.  Chips and Technologies

      3.3.6:
            Support (accelerated) for the 65520, 65525, 65530, 65535, 65540,
            65545, 65546, 65548, 65550, 65554, 65555, 68554, 69000, 64200 and
            64300.  This support is provided by the XF86_SVGA server with the
            chips driver.

      4.0.2:
            Support (accelerated) for the 65520, 65525, 65530, 65535, 65540,
            65545, 65546, 65548, 65550, 65554, 65555, 68554, 69000, 64200 and
            64300.  This support is provided by the "chips" driver.

      Summary:
            All hardware supported in 3.3.6 is also supported in 4.0.2.

9.  Cirrus Logic

      3.3.6:
            Support (unaccelerated) for the 6410, 6412, 6420 and 6440 is pro-
            vided by the XF86_SVGA server with the cl64xx driver.  Support
            (accelerated) for the 5420, 5422, 5424, 5426, 5428, 5429, 5430,
            5434, 5436, 5446, 5480, 5462, 5464, 5465, 6205, 6215, 6225, 6235,
            7541, 7542, 7543, 7548, 7555 and 7556 is provided by the
            XF86_SVGA server with the cirrus driver.

      4.0.2:
            Support (accelerated) for the Alpine (5430, 5434, 5436, 5446,
            5480, 7548), and Laguna (5462, 5464, 5465) chips is provided by
            the "cirrus" driver.

      Summary:
            The following chips are supported in 3.3.6 but not in 4.0.2:
            6410, 6412, 6420, 6440, 5420, 5422, 5424, 5426, 5428, 5429, 6205,
            6215, 6225, 6235, 7541, 7542, 7543, 7555 and 7556.

10.  Compaq/Digital

      3.3.6:
            The old Compaq AVGA chipset is supported by the XF86_SVGA server
            with the compaq driver.  The status of this support is unknown
            because we don't have any recent test reports, and this driver
            has no maintainer.

            Support (accelerated) for the DEC 21030 TGA 8 plane, 24 plane and
            24 plane 3D chips (on Alpha platforms) is provided by the
            XF86_TGA server.

      4.0.2:
            No support for the Compaq AVGA (driver hasn't been ported).

            Support (accelerated) for the DEC 21030 TGA 8 plane, 24 plane and
            24 plane 3D chips (only tested on Alpha platforms) is provided by
            the "tga" driver.

      Summary:
            No Compaq AVGA support in 4.0.2.  DEC TGA support is equivalent
            in both 3.3.6 and 4.0.2.

11.  Cyrix

      3.3.6:
            Support (accelerated) for the Cyrix MediaGX is provided by the
            XF86_SVGA server with the cyrix driver.

      4.0.2:
            The 3.3.6 driver has been ported to 4.0.2, including accelera-
            tion, but feedback is needed.

      Summary:
            Cyrix MediaGX users are encouraged to test its support in 4.0.2.

12.  Epson

      3.3.6:
            Support (accelerated) for the Epson SPC8110 is provided by the
            XF86_SVGA server with the spc8100 driver.

      4.0.2:
            No native support for this chipset, because the old driver has
            not been ported.

      Summary:
            No Epson chips are supported in 4.0.2.

13.  Genoa

      3.3.6:
            The old Genoa GVGA chipset is supported by the XF86_SVGA server
            with the gvga driver.  The status of this support is unknown
            because we don't have any recent test reports, and this driver
            has no maintainer.

      4.0.2:
            No native support for this chipset, because the old driver has
            not been ported.

      Summary:
            No Genoa chips are supported in 4.0.2.

14.  IBM

      3.3.6:
            Support for the standard IBM VGA chip (and compatibles) is pro-
            vided by the XF86_Mono, XF86_VGA16 and XF86_SVGA servers with the
            generic driver.

            Support for the IBM 8514/A chip (and compatibles) is provided by
            the XF86_8514 server.

            Support for the IBM XGA-2 chip is provided by the XF86_AGX
            server.

      4.0.2:
            Support for the standard IBM VGA chip (and compatibles) is pro-
            vided by the "vga" driver.

            There is no support for the IBM 8514/A or XGA-2 because the
            drivers have not been ported.

      Summary:
            The standard VGA core is supported in both versions, but there is
            no support for the 8514/A or XGA-2 in 4.0.2.

15.  IIT

      3.3.6:
            Support (accelerated) for the AGX-016, AGX-015 and AGX-014 is
            provided by the XF86_AGX server.

      4.0.2:
            No native support for these chipsets, because the old driver has
            not been ported.

      Summary:
            No IIT chips are supported in 4.0.2.

16.  Integrated Micro Solutions (IMS)

      3.3.6:
            Support (accelerated) for the IMS Twin Turbo 128 is provided by
            the XF86_SVGA server with the imstt driver.

      4.0.2:
            Support (accelerated) for the IMS Twin Turbo 128 is provided by
            the "imstt" driver.

      Summary:
            All hardware supported in 3.3.6 is also supported in 4.0.2.

17.  Intel

      3.3.6:
            Support (accelerated) for the Intel i740 is provided by the
            XF86_SVGA server with the i740 driver, and for the Intel i810
            with the i810 driver.  The i810 is currently only supported on
            Linux, and requires the agpgart.o kernel module in order to use
            modes that require more than 1MB of video memory.

      4.0.2:
            Support (accelerated) for the Intel i740 is provided by the
            "i740" driver, and support for the Intel i810 (including
            i810-dc100 and i810e) and i815 is provided by the "i810" driver.
            The "i810" driver is currently supported only on Linux and
            FreeBSD (4.1 and later), and requires the agpgart kernel support.

      Summary:
            The i740 and i810 are supported in both versions, but the i810 is
            only supported on Linux/x86 and recent FreeBSD/i386 platforms at
            present.

18.  Matrox

      3.3.6:
            Support (accelerated) for the MGA2064W (Millennium I), MGA1064SG
            (Mystique), MGA2164W (Millennium II) (PCI and AGP), G100, G200
            and G400 is provided by the XF86_SVGA server with the mga driver.

      4.0.2:
            Support (accelerated) for the MGA2064W (Millennium I), MGA1064SG
            (Mystique), MGA2164W (Millennium II) (PCI and AGP), G100, G200
            and G400 is provided by the "mga" driver.

      Summary:
            All hardware supported in 3.3.6 is also supported in 4.0.2.

19.  MX (???)

      3.3.6:
            Support for the MX68000 and MX68010 chips is provided by the
            XF86_SVGA server with the mx driver.  The status of this support
            is unknown because we don't have any recent test reports, and
            this driver has no maintainer.

      4.0.2:
            No native support for this chipset, because the old driver has
            not been ported.

      Summary:
            No MX (???) chips are supported in 4.0.2.

20.  NCR

      3.3.6:
            Support for the old NCR 77C22 and 77C22E chips is provided by the
            XF86_SVGA server and the ncr77c22 driver.  The status of this
            support is unknown because we don't have any recent test reports.

      4.0.2:
            No native support for this chipset, because the old driver has
            not been ported.

      Summary:
            No NCR chips are supported in 4.0.2.

21.  NeoMagic

      3.3.6:
            Support (accelerated) for the NeoMagic NM2070, NM2090, NM2093,
            NM2097, NM2160 and NM2200 chipsets is provided by the XF86_SVGA
            server with the neo driver.

      4.0.2:
            Support (accelerated) for the NeoMagic NM2070, NM2090, NM2093,
            NM2097, NM2160, NM2200, NM2230, NM2360 and NM2380 chipsets is
            provided by the "neomagic" driver.

      Summary:
            All hardware supported in 3.3.6 is also supported in 4.0.2.  The
            NM2230 and later chips are only supported in 4.0.2.

22.  NVIDIA

      3.3.6:
            Support (accelerated) for the NV1, Riva 128, 128ZX, TNT, TNT2
            (Ultra, Vanta, M64), GeForce (DDR, 256) and Quadro is provided by
            the XF86_SVGA server and the nv driver.

      4.0.2:
            Support (accelerated) for the Riva 128, 128ZX, TNT, TNT2 (Ultra,
            Vanta, M64), GeForce (DDR, 256), GeForce2 (GTS, Ultra, MX),
            Quadro, and Quadro2 is provided by the "nv" driver.

      Summary:
            All chipsets supported in 3.3.6 except the NV1 are also supported
            in 4.0.2.  Support for the newer chips (GeForce2 and later) is
            only available in 4.0.2.

23.  Number Nine

      3.3.6:
            Support (accelerated) for the Imagine 128, Ticket 2 Ride, Revolu-
            tion 3D and Revolution IV is provided by the XF86_I128 server.

      4.0.2:
            Support (accelerated) for the Imagine 128, Ticket 2 Ride, Revolu-
            tion 3D and Revolution IV is provided by the "i128" driver.

      Summary:
            All hardware supported in 3.3.6 is also supported in 4.0.2.

24.  Oak Technologies, Inc.

      3.3.6:
            Support for the OTI067, OTI077, and OTI087 (the latter with some
            acceleration) is provided by the XF86_SVGA server and the oak
            driver.

      4.0.2:
            No native support for these chipsets, because the old driver has
            not been ported.

      Summary:
            No Oak chips are supported in 4.0.2.

25.  Paradise/Western Digital

      3.3.6:
            Support for the Paradise PVGA1 and the Western Digital WD90C00,
            90C10, 90C30, 90C24, 90C31 and 90C33 chipsets is provided by the
            XF86_SVGA server with the pvga1 driver.  The status of the sup-
            port for some of these chipsets is uncertain because we don't
            have any recent test reports, and this driver has no maintainer.

      4.0.2:
            No native support for these chipsets, because the old driver has
            not been ported.

      Summary:
            No Paradise/Western Digital chips are supported in 4.0.2.

26.  RealTek

      3.3.6:
            Support for the RealTek RTG3106 is provided by the XF86_SVGA
            server and the realtek driver.  The status of this support is
            unknown because we don't have any recent test reports, and this
            driver has no maintainer.

      4.0.2:
            No native support for these chipsets, because the old driver has
            not been ported.

      Summary:
            No RealTek chips are supported in 4.0.2.

27.  Rendition/Micron

      3.3.6:
            Support for the Verite 1000, 2100 and 2200 is provided by the
            XF86_SVGA server with the rendition driver.

      4.0.2:
            Support for the Verite 1000, 2100 and 2200 is provided by the
            "rendition" driver.

      Summary:
            All hardware supported in 3.3.6 is also supported in 4.0.2.

28.  S3

      3.3.6:
            Support (accelerated) for the S3 911, 924, 801, 805, 928, 864,
            868, 964, 968, Trio32, Trio64, Trio64V+, Trio64UV+, Aurora64V+,
            Trio64V2, PLATO/PX is provided by the XF86_S3 server and the
            XF86_SVGA server with the s3_svga driver.  Support (accelerated)
            for the ViRGE, ViRGE/VX, ViRGE/DX, ViRGE/GX, ViRGE/GX2, ViRGE/MX,
            ViRGE/MX+ is provided by the XF86_S3V server.  Support (acceler-
            ated) for those ViRGE chips, as well as the Trio3D and Trio3D/2X
            is provided by the XF86_SVGA server with the s3v driver.  Support
            (accelerated) for the Savage3D, Savage3D/MV, Savage4, and Sav-
            age2000, is provided by the XF86_SVGA server with the s3_savage
            driver on some OSes (Linux, *BSD).

      4.0.2:
            Support (accelerated) for the ViRGE, ViRGE/VX, ViRGE/DX,
            ViRGE/GX, ViRGE/GX2, ViRGE/MX, ViRGE/MX+, Trio3D and Trio3D/2X is
            provided by the "s3virge" driver.  Support (accelerated) for the
            Savage3D, Savage3D/MV, Savage4, and Savage2000, is provided by
            the "savage" driver.  Support for the other S3 chipsets has not
            yet been ported.

      Summary:
            Only the ViRGE, Trio3D and Savage chipsets are supported in
            4.0.2.  All of the other chipsets are only supported in 3.3.6.

29.  Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI)

      3.3.6:
            No SGI hardware is supported in 3.3.6.

      4.0.2:
            Unaccelerated support for the SGI Indy's Newport cards is pro-
            vided by the "newport" driver.

      Summary:
            SGI hardware is supported only in 4.0.2.

30.  Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)

      3.3.6:
            Support (accelerated) for the SiS 86C201, 86C202, 86C205, 86C215,
            86C225, 5597, 5598, 6326, 530, 620, 300, 630 and 540 is provided
            by the XF86_SVGA server with the sis driver.

      4.0.2:
            Support (accelerated) for the SiS
             530, 620, 6326 is provided by the "sis" driver.  The 630, 300,
            and 540 are also supported, but this code is new and there are
            some problems with it in this version.

      Summary:
            Support for the 86C201, 86C202, 86C205, 86C215, 86C225, 5597 and
            5598 is currently only available in 3.3.6.

31.  Silicon Motion, Inc.

      3.3.6:
            Support (accelerated) for the Lynx, LynxE, Lynx3D, LynxEM,
            LynxEM+ and Lynx3DM chips is provided by the XF86_SVGA server
            with the smi driver.

      4.0.2:
            Support (accelerated) for the Lynx, LynxE, Lynx3D, LynxEM,
            LynxEM+ and Lynx3DM chips is provided by the "siliconmotion"
            driver.

      Summary:
            All hardware supported in 3.3.6 is also supported in 4.0.2.

32.  Sun Microsystems

      3.3.6:
            No Sun hardware is supported in 3.3.6.

      4.0.2:
            Sun BW2 framebuffers are supported by the "sunbw2" driver.  Sun
            CG3 framebuffers are supported by the "suncg3" driver.  Sun CG6
            framebuffers are supported by the "suncg6" driver.  Sun CG14
            framebuffers are supported by the "suncg14" driver.  Sun FFB
            framebuffers are supported by the "sunffb" driver.  Sun LEO
            framebuffers are supported by the "sunleo" driver.  Sun TCX
            framebuffers are supported by the "suntcx" driver.

      Summary:
            Sun hardware is supported only in 4.0.2.

33.  Trident Microsystems

      3.3.6:
            Support (accelerated where the chip supports it) for the
            TVGA8200LX, TVGA8800CS, TVGA8900B, TVGA8900C, TVGA8900CL,
            TVGA8900D, TVGA9000, TVGA9000i, TVGA9100B, TVGA9200CXr,
            TGUI9400CXi, TGUI9420, TGUI9420DGi, TGUI9430DGi, TGUI9440AGi,
            TGUI9660, TGUI9680, ProVidia 9682, ProVidia 9685, Cyber9320,
            Cyber9382, Cyber9385, Cyber9388, Cyber9397, Cyber9520, Cyber9525,
            3DImage975, 3DImage985, Cyber9397/DVD, Blade3D, CyberBlade/i7,
            CyberBlade/DSTN/i7 and CyberBlade/i1 is provided by the XF86_SVGA
            server with the tvga8900 driver.

      4.0.2:
            Support (accelerated where the chip supports it) for the
            TVGA8900D, TGUI9440AGi, TGUI9660, TGUI9680, ProVidia 9682, Pro-
            Vidia 9685, Cyber9320, Cyber9382, Cyber9385, Cyber9388,
            Cyber9397, Cyber9397/DVD, Cyber9520, Cyber9525/DVD, 3DImage975,
            3DImage985, Blade3D, CyberBlade/i7, CyberBlade/DSTN/i7,
            CyberBlade/i1, CyberBlade/DSTN/i1, CyberBlade/Ai1,
            CyberBlade/DSTN/Ai1 and CyberBlade/e4 is provided by the "tri-
            dent" driver.

      Summary:
            The following (older) chipsets that are supported in 3.3.6 are
            not supported in 4.0.2: TVGA8200LX, TVGA8800CS, TVGA8900B,
            TVGA8900C, TVGA8900CL, TVGA9000, TVGA9000i, TVGA9100B,
            TVGA9200CXr, TGUI9400CXi, TGUI9420, TGUI9430DGi.  The remaining
            listed chipsets are supported in 4.0.2.

34.  Tseng Labs

      3.3.6:
            Support for the ET3000 is provided by the XF86_SVGA server with
            the et3000 driver.  Support for the ET4000AX, and accelerated
            support for the ET4000/W32, ET4000/W32i, ET4000/W32p, ET6000 and
            ET6100 is provided by the XF86_SVGA server with the et4000
            driver.  Support (accelerated) for the ET4000/W32 series and the
            ET6000 is also provided by the deprecated XF86_W32 server.

      4.0.2:
            Support for the ET4000AX, and accelerated support for the
            ET4000/W32, ET4000/W32i, ET4000/W32p, ET6000 and ET6100 is pro-
            vided by the "tseng" driver.

      Summary:
            All cards supported by 3.3.6 are also supported by 4.0.2 except
            for the old ET3000.

35.  Video 7

      3.3.6:
            Support for the Video 7 chipset is provided by the XF86_SVGA
            server with the video7 driver.  The status of this support is
            unknown because we don't have any recent test reports, and this
            driver has no maintainer.

      4.0.2:
            No native support for these chipsets, because the old driver has
            not been ported.

      Summary:
            No Video 7 chips are supported in 4.0.2.

36.  Weitek

      3.3.6:
            Support (accelerated) for the P9000 is provided by the XF86_P9000
            server and accelerated support for the P9100 is provided by the
            XF86_SVGA server with the p9x00 driver.

      4.0.2:
            No native support for these chipsets, because the old drivers
            have not been ported.

      Summary:
            No Weitek chips are supported in 4.0.2.

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