Driver Status for XFree86[tm] 4.0 : S3
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27. 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, Savage2000, Savage/MX-MV, Savage/MX, Savage/IX-MV and Savage/IX is provided by the XF86_SVGA server with the s3_savage driver (CHECK: is this support Linux-only?).

4.0:

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 for the other S3 chipsets has not yet been ported.

Summary:

Only the ViRGE and Trio3D chipsets are supported in 4.0. All of the other chipsets are only supported in 3.3.6.


Driver Status for XFree86[tm] 4.0 : S3
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