Release Notes for XFree86® 4.8.0 : Drivers
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4. Drivers

4.1. Video Drivers

XFree86 4.8.0 includes the following video drivers:


Driver NameDescriptionFurther Information
apmAlliance Pro MotionREADME.apm
arkArk Logic 
aspeedASPEED Technology 
atiATIREADME.ati, README.r128,
  r128(4), radeon(4)
chipsChips & TechnologiesREADME.chips, chips(4)
cirrusCirrus Logic 
cyrix (*)Cyrix MediaGXREADME.cyrix
fbdevLinux framebuffer devicefbdev(4)
glideGlide2x (3Dfx)glide(4)
glint3Dlabs, TIglint(4)
i128Number NineREADME.I128, i128(4)
i740Intel i740README.i740
i810Intel i8xxREADME.i810, i810(4)
imsttIntegrated Micro Solns 
mgaMatroxmga(4)
neomagicNeoMagicneomagic(4)
newport (-)SGI NewportREADME.newport, newport(4)
nscNational Semiconductornsc(4)
nvNVIDIAnv(4)
pnozz (+)Weitek P9100pnozz(4)
renditionRenditionREADME.rendition, rendition(4)
s3S3 (not ViRGE or Savage) 
s3virgeS3 ViRGEREADME.s3virge, s3virge(4)
savageS3 Savagesavage(4)
siliconmotionSilicon Motionsiliconmotion(4)
sisSiSREADME.SiS, sis(4)
sunbw2 (+)Sun bw2 
suncg14 (+)Sun cg14 
suncg3 (+)Sun cg3 
suncg6 (+)Sun GX and Turbo GX 
sunffb (+)Sun Creator/3D, Elite 3D 
sunleo (+)Sun Leo (ZX) 
suntcx (+)Sun TCX 
tdfx3Dfxtdfx(4)
tgaDEC TGAREADME.DECtga
tridentTridenttrident(4)
tsengTseng Labs 
vesaVESAvesa(4)
vgaGeneric VGAvga(4)
viaVIAvia(4)
vmwareVMWare guest OSvmware(4)
xgiXabre Graphics Incxgi(4)

Drivers marked with (*) are present in a preliminary form in this release, but are not complete and/or stable yet.

Drivers marked with (+) are for SPARC only.

Drivers marked with (-) are for Linux/mips only.

Darwin/Mac OS X uses IOKit drivers and does not use the module loader drivers listed above. Further information can be found in README.Darwin.

4.2. Input Drivers

XFree86 4.8.0 includes the following input drivers:


Driver NameDescriptionFurther Information
aiptek(*)Aiptek USB tabletaiptek(4)
calcompCalcomp 
citronCitroncitron(4)
digitaledgeDigitalEdge 
dmcDMCdmc(4)
dynaproDynapro 
elographicsEloGraphics 
eloinputElo 2500U USBeloinput(4)
fpitFujitsu Stylistic Tablet PCsfpit(4)
hyperpenAiptek HyperPen 6000 
js_xJamStudio pentabletjs_x(4)
kbdgeneric keyboards (alternate)kbd(4)
keyboardgeneric keyboardskeyboard(4)
magictouchMagicTouch ProE-Xmagictouch(4)
microtouchMicroTouch 
mousemost mouse devicesmouse(4)
mutouchMicroTouch 
palmaxPalmax PD1000/PD1100palmax(4)
penmountPenMount 
spaceorbSpaceOrb 
summaSummaGraphics 
tek4957Tektronix 4957 tablettek4957(4)
ur98(*)Union Reality UR-F98 headtrackerur98(4)
voiddummy devicevoid(4)
wacomWacom tabletswacom(4)

Drivers marked with (*) are available for Linux only.


Release Notes for XFree86® 4.8.0 : Drivers
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