Bug 172361

Summary:	ebuild request for Intel Embedded Graphics Drivers (IEGD)
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Lutz Lehmann <mail>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Default Assignee for New Packages <maintainer-wanted>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	bugzilla, canolucas, fihi09, jlec, mail, meyerm, patrick, sander, strites, x11
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Lutz Lehmann 2007-03-26 22:11:49 UTC

I've been looking all over the web for ebuilds for the IEGD drivers and kernel-patches. Since I definitively am *not* a programmer I don't really understand why the patches provided by Intel don't work.

An ebuild would be greatly appreciated. The only help I can offer is testing in a chroot which is used to netboot a box (T-Online/Zenega S100 - P3-733Cel, 128MB Ram, i830CGC with Focus FS454 [<-the troublemaker that needs the IEGD for TV-Out to work]) 

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-03-26 23:15:50 UTC

Maybe you could post some URL at least? :)

Comment 2 Lutz Lehmann 2007-03-27 07:16:20 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> Maybe you could post some URL at least? :)

Sorry (:

IEGD 5.1 http://downloadmirror.intel.com/df-support/9871/eng/IEGD_5_1_Linux.tgz

IEGD 6.1 is "hidden" inside some Windoze installer at http://downloadmirror.intel.com/df-support/12300/eng/IEGD_6_1_Gold_Extract.exe (~56MB, at least WinRAR is not able to extract the file without installing). The TGZ is ~4MB, I could attach it here - or, if I ever get around to configuring my Apache, put it somewhere on the web.

Comment 3 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-02-02 13:04:22 UTC

Aren't those chips now fully supported by the "regular" xf86-video-intel driver?

Comment 4 Lutz Lehmann 2009-02-08 13:04:01 UTC

They are indeed. I totally forgot about that request because I haven't been playing with the box that contains the chip for ages.

Comment 5 Helmut Eberharter 2009-04-20 20:13:49 UTC

...so this bug could be closed/marked as invalid.

Comment 6 Lutz Lehmann 2009-04-26 06:53:31 UTC

(In reply to comment #5)
> ...so this bug could be closed/marked as invalid.

Done

Comment 7 meyerm 2010-01-29 12:45:44 UTC

Is this bug relevant again with the poulsbo-chipset / GMA500?

Comment 8 lucas 2010-03-29 04:53:53 UTC

yes. the new version of IEGD (10.3) is reported to work with the GMA 500 in recent kernels. IEGD is the way to go from now on. the deprecated, unmantained and "overpatched" psb fails hardly.

Comment 9 Justin Lecher (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-03-30 16:42:44 UTC

Reopened on reqeust.
Do we need that?

Comment 10 lucas 2010-03-30 17:43:36 UTC

http://community.edc.intel.com/t5/Software-Tools-Discussions/patch-to-iegd-10-3-linux-driver-on-2-6-33/td-p/2328;jsessionid=F53C537CF89302E6617F4CE81F8AEDF7

http://edc.intel.com/Software/Downloads/IEGD/

http://forums.opensuse.org/hardware/434957-iegd-drivers-intel-gma-500-working.html

Comment 11 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-03-30 21:41:18 UTC

I'll keep the X11 herd CCed because I still like to know what goes around X11 in Gentoo, but let me crystal-clear on IEGD: the X11 herd will not maintain it.

If the driver breaks because of a newer Xorg, then tough luck, we will _not_ hold back any stabilization for binary drivers.

With that in mind, let me forward this bug to our Lead Kitten who is already in charge of Poulsbo.

Cheers

Comment 12 lucas 2010-03-31 21:30:32 UTC

yet one more link:
http://www.nanoant.com/linux/compiling-kernel-iegd-10x-module-for-any-linux-distribution

Comment 13 strites 2010-07-05 01:19:56 UTC

Any news on this one?
I'm another unlucky chosen by the PSB :(

Comment 14 Matt Turner gentoo-dev

2015-02-21 21:04:45 UTC

Does anyone still want this?

Comment 15 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn gentoo-dev

2015-02-23 09:23:08 UTC

It is not possible to use IEGD in Gentoo anymore as xorg-server-1.9 has been removed from the tree.

Instead, use the in-kernel GMA500 driver with xf86-video-modesetting (unaccelerated).