From: Randall Parker 

Trying to install a Linux driver from Matrox for a Matrox P650 graphics
card this morning I hit an error message telling me the driver is not
compatible with my (very recent) X server version. I hate it when that
happens.

So for which chipset makers can one say any of these things:

1) The chipset makers make source code available so you can keep up with
kernel and X server revs. (Intel?)

2) The chipset makers stay very up on latest releases? (Matrox's driver is
from July 2006 which is near eternity on Linux)

3) The chipset makers provide enough info and attract enough interest that
open source developers write non-proprietary drivers that get revved with X
and the kernel?

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