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Phoronix: ATI v8.22.5 Linux Display Drivers [Review]

[ Thanks to Michael Larabel for this
link. ]

“ATI’s Linux developers have been at the top of their game for
some time now, as accompanying the Windows CATALYST display drivers
has been the Linux fglrx counterpart. Today, yet again, ATI
Technologies strikes its users with their monthly ritual of pushing
out new display drivers–largely to benefit the growing needs of
gamers with a multitude of titles, along with a host of fixes and
other advancements. The drivers being released today are entitled
v6.2 (February 2006) on the Microsoft side of things, while the
Linux users are presented with version 8.22.5. Although no
CrossFire support has yet been added, nor X1000 series support,
penguin users will be pleased to see that v8.22.5 has finally been
patched for use with the Linux 2.6.15 kernel (the latest stable
kernel tree at the time of publishing is 2.6.16-rc2-git6). In
addition to this stock kernel support that enthusiasts have been
seeking, there is a fix in place that prevents multiple mode lines
from crashing the system as well as the addition of a couple
historically missing IDs…”


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