Ati Drivers ??

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:08:19 -0700,
  suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/9/18 Bruno Wolff III <bruno at wolff.to>:
> > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:56:46 -0400,
> >  Tom Horsley <tom.horsley at att.net> wrote:
> >> Actually, a good question for ATI users right now is:
> >>
> >> Does any supported linux distro still come with the old,
> >> obsolete, pre-DRI2 version of X where radeon support was
> >> actually quite good?
> >>
> >> Or maybe the question is: How hard would it be to build
> >> a X release for fedora that uses the older X?
> >
> > Or maybe, how can I help Airlie and Ajax get things working
> > better?
> 
> I went from no X on a HD4870 to decent enough 2-D performance in a
> matter of 6 months. I am very hopeful, just wish I knew enough
> programming to help out more directly other than just using the
> drivers and report bugs. :-\

Testing is important too. If you didn't participate in the tests
when they happened. I think it is OK to still do the tests and
report the results.