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[[EXA|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2005-June/008321.html]] support status for various drivers.  To help out, take a driver that isn't started, or improve one of the patches below, or port the code from KAA or XAA.  Documentation is in xorg git under [[xserver/xorg/hw/xfree86/doc/devel/exa-driver.txt|http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/tree/hw/xfree86/doc/exa-driver.txt]] and found in doxygen from in the exa.h header.

If you want to test, you will need at least
[[!format txt """
    Option "AccelMethod" "exa"
"""]]
in your card's `Device` section in `xorg.conf`.  Do *not* try `Load "exa"` because it will fail.  You may also want to enable Composite, by saying
[[!format txt """
Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "enable"
EndSection
"""]]

## Supported:

* i128  (Solid and Copy only so far, incompatible with DGA, only tested on T2R4 cards)
* radeon (r1xx-r7xx with Render accel)
* sis  (sis/xgi; Solid and Copy only)
* trident cyberblade and xp4 (Solid and Copy only)
* via (Solid, Copy, Render)
* savage (Solid, Copy, UTS)
* mach64 (Solid, Copy, Render. [[DFS|https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8414]] pending)
* mga (Solid, Copy, UTS. [[Render|https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1293]] pending)
* siliconmotion (Solid, Copy. UTS pending)
* i810/intel (Solid, Copy, Render)
* nouveau (Solid, Copy, UTS/DFS on nv0x, Render on newer cards)
* geode (GX and LX variants, Copy/Solid/Composite) - [[README|http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-geode/tree/README]], [[code|http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-geode/tree/src]]

## Work in progress:

* [[tdfx|http://c133.org/tmp/tdfx_exa.patch]]
* [[s3virge|http://git.sh0n.net/]] (Copy only currently) <-- link died ?
* [[r128|http://www.botchco.com/alex/2006soc/]] Joseph Garvin SoC

## No work started, but capable of Render acceleration:

* glide
* glint (supported in KAA), Coming soon ([[ShawnStarr|ShawnStarr]])
* i740
* imstt
* newport
* impact
* rendition
* trident (supported in KAA)
* voodoo

## No work started, some chips might be capable of Render acceleration:

* apm (via the voodoo rush)
* cirrus (laguna?)
* neomagic (256XL+ was the only one with a 3D engine) (supported in KAA)
* cyrix/nsc (new GX2s have an alpha combiner)
* sun{ffb,leo}

## No work started, no Render acceleration possible:

* ark
* chips (supported in KAA)
* s3 (supported in KAA)
* sun{bw2,cg14,cg3,cg6,tcx} (tcx has some EXA support in NetBSD tree: [[WebCVS Link|http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/xsrc/external/mit/xf86-video-suntcx/dist/src/?only_with_tag=MAIN]])
* tga
* tseng

## Probably unsuitable for EXA support:

* dummy
* fbdev
* vesa
* vga
* vmware
* wsfb