Re: ATI on FreeBSD! FireGL Linux Driver Port

Yay!
    Glad to see you're working on this again. I've been using this for 
about three minutes on my laptops ati radeon 9700 (rv350) and nothing 
has exploded yet!


Dillon

Chris Gilbert wrote:

>Hi there!
>
>Some time ago (about a year actually) I started some work in cooperation with 
>ATI to port their Linux "fglrx" driver to FreeBSD.
>
>Well, about 2 months into that process I ended up moving to the other side of 
>the pond and leaving one of my dev machines behind. (The one with the ATI 
>card)
>
>However, this last week I managed to get ahold of another machine with an ATI 
>card, and have picked back up where I left off about 9 months ago.
>
>I've put together a preliminary alpha release of the driver port in it's 
>current state, and done a bit of testing myself. However, I would be thrilled 
>to get some feedback from you guys!
>
>I have probably done some really horrible things, and I would like to hear it 
>from you nice folks rather than from a thousand angry gamers. :)
>
>The driver as it stands does the following:
> * Installs the applicable linux libraries, and ATI programs to your 
>linux_base.
> * Compiles and installs the following ATI programs (For FreeBSD): 
>fgl_glxgears, fglrx_gamma, and the ATI control panel.
> * Installs the X11 drivers and libraries. (Linux builds, but work fine under 
>FreeBSD)
> * Supports full 2D acceleration, including accelerated XVideo.
> * Supports TV out and MultiHead.
> * Does NOT support 3D acceleration, or build the kernel module.
>
>I have tested the driver with an ATI Radeon 9800LE, and it seems to work great 
>for desktop, non-gaming use. (Playing video, running KDE, etc)
>
>I am currently working on the kernel module portion of the project.
>
>The X side of the driver is ready and waiting for a DRM device to plug into. 
>
>The current hurdles are working with the ATI team to get rid of any 
>show-stopping linux specifics in the closed-source static libraries which I 
>have to link my kernel module to.
>
>If there is significant intrest in the project's current state, (without 3D) I 
>will make a proper port and submit it.
>
>If there are any problems please let me know and I will do my best to fix them 
>ASAP!
>
>You can download it at:
>http://www.neovanglist.net/~Neovanglist/FreeBSD-fglrx_6_8_0-8.20.8-1-ALPHA.i386.tar.bz2
>
>Enjoy!
>
>--
>Regards,
>Chris Gilbert
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