[ale] Savage Cards

[Keith Hopkins]

 From http://www.xfree86.org/4.1.0/Status28.html#28

<<QUOTE>>
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 (accelerated) 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 Savage2000, is provided by the XF86_SVGA server with the s3_savage driver on some OSes 
(Linux, *BSD).
4.1.0:

     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 4.1.0. All of the other chipsets are supported only in 3.3.6.

<<ENDQUOTE>>

   So, the answer would seem to be a "yes".


Chris Fowler wrote:

> Many reccomended the Savage4 32 Meg Card.  I purchased a Savage2000 
> 64Meg card
> at the Super Computer Show.  Will this card work in Linux?
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris Fowler
> 
> ---------------------------------
> Engineering Services Manager
> Computone Corporation
> 1060 Windward Ridge Pkwy, S100
> Alpharetta, GA 30005
> 800-241-3946 x1627
> 



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