• Atari open-source Linux DRM graphics driver being worked on in 2022

    From OSnews@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 18 12:53:09 2022
    In addition to the OpenChrome DRM/KMS driver hoping to be finally mainlined in 2022 for supporting aging VIA graphics hardware from the long-ago days of their x86 chipsets, separately there is a DRM/KMS kernel driver in the works for something even older.
    .. A Linux DRM graphics driver for the Atari Falcon from the early 90';s.

    Over the past two years a DRM driver has been in the works for the Atari graphics hardware with its built-in graphics chipset. This is not to be confused with the 2021-launched Atari VCS mini PC / game console, but the Atari Falcon personal computers out
    of the Atari Corporation from the early 90';s that featured Motorola 68000 series processors and a programmable video controller.

    It';s not yet in mainline, so it';ll be fun to see if Torvalds is up for including such an old and niche driver once it';s matured. I';ve always wanted an Atari Falcon, but they';re even more expensive than most other classic computers, so that';s most
    likely never going to happen.

    https://www.osnews.com/story/135072/atari-open-source-linux-drm-graphics-driver-being-worked-on-in-2022/

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