The Intel graphics driver in X.Org supports the following chipsets:
- i810
- i815
- i830
- i845
- i855
- i865
- i915 (GMA 900)
- E7221
- i945 (GMA 950)
- G33
- i965
The latest release is xf86-video-intel-2.1.1, which requires xorg-server 1.3.0 or newer.
The Intel graphics driver is currently maintained in the xf86-video-intel git repository in X.Org. To check out the current code, use:
git clone git://git.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel
or
cg clone git://git.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel
More instructions on using git to interact with the repository can be found at UsingGit.
Our active development branches:
- master: this is where the development towards the next release happens. Modesetting branch has been merged into master branch in March 2007; all versions of xf86-video-intel (the driver was formerly known as xf86-video-i810) past version 1.7.x include modesetting-support for all IGP-powered adapters from i830 onward.
- exa: This is a branch for developing support for the EXA acceleration architecture
The Intel graphics driver and hardware has support for sDVO ADD2 DVI Cards, which you can learn about at SDVOADD2Cards.
The Intel Linux Graphics Driver web portal: http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org
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