Work In Progress
Support for new chipsets is currently worked on in a separated branch of the svn.
Follow the regular compilation instructions (see
Compiling the source code), except you need to get the source code from the experimental branch:
svn co http://svn.openchrome.org/svn/branches/experimental_branch
The following additional chipsets are supported:
K8M890 / K8N890
? (VT3336)
P4M900 / VN896 (VT3364)
CX700
P4M890
?
How to get DRM working
Use the latest version from git repository:
For compilation instructions see
Compiling the source code
You'll need the following patch to get the DRM module to load on VT3364 (P4M900 / VN896):
http://www.openchrome.org/trac/attachment/ticket/102/p4m900-drm.patch
How to get AGP GART working
AGP GART via-agp module
Kernel 2.6.20 includes support for
K8M890 & CX700 chipsets.
You'll need the following patch to get the AGP module to load on VT3364 (P4M900 / VN896):
link to
http://www.openchrome.org/trac/attachment/ticket/102/p4m900-kernel-drm-agp.patch
Follow these steps:
Compile the modules:
cd /usr/src/linux
patch -p1 < /path/to/patch
make drivers/char/agp/
cp drivers/char/agp/*.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/agp/
depmod -ea
Load the modules:
modprobe agpgart
modprobe via-agp