Savage

Xorg S3 Savage Driver

Your X11 driver of choice if you have a Thinkpad with a Savage IX or SuperSavage chip.
It is based on Tim Roberts savage driver for X, which didn't improve for a long time.

Features

• supports Xinerama and MergedFB

Project Homepage / Availability

• Homepage: http://www.botchco.com/alex/new-savage/html/
• The driver is also included in Xorg cvs.

Packages

Binary snapshots (DDX, DRI, DRM) are available here.

CVS

See this page for instructions on building from cvs.

Status

• in development, usable, secure.
• 3D is supported in xorg/mesa/drm cvs (but usable modes are limited by video RAM; with 8MB of video RAM, the DRI 3D drivers don't support 1400x1050 32-bit mode).

Interesting links related to this project

• Tim Roberts savage driver for X
• DRI OpenGL driver for savage chipsets
• Utah GLX OpenGL Driver for Savage chipsets