Open-Source VIA Linux Driver Still Wants To Be Merged, But Pursuing Acceleration First
The OpenChrome DRM driver has been in development for over a decade for providing open-source display driver support for VIA’s aging x86 chipsets. For years now OpenChrome development has been down to one developer left on the project, Kevin Brace, and months ago he hoped to get the driver finally merged into the Linux kernel. He still holds out on those ambitions but will first aim to get basic acceleration working with a stabl … ⌘ Read more