Re: [HEADS UP] Radeon r6/7xx drm code to be committed

On Mon, March 9, 2009 13:53, Robert Noland wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 12:16 -0400, Robert Huff wrote:
>> Gary Jennejohn writes:
>>
>> >  > >  This should work on pretty much all Radeon r600+ cards (and the
>> older
>> >  > >  stuff as well).  With the appropriate X drivers, you should get
>> EXA
>> >  > >  accelleration and Xv.  3d is not available yet, afaik.
>> >  >
>> >
>> >  This is kernel code and has nothing directly to do with ports.
>>
>> 	Let me be more specific.
>> 	Assuming I'm using a 3850, which I believe is the RV670
>> chipset, is there anything I will need to change in xorg.conf (or
>> elsewhere) to take advantage of/not break the new code?
>
> rv670 is what I'm testing on... I tried to put a few details in the
> commit message.
>
> Basically, for R600+ you have to force DRI on for the moment.  You
> should also be using exa.
>
> So, right now, I'm using radeonhd from git master, with :
>
>         Driver      "radeonhd"
>         VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
>         BoardName   "RV670PRO [Radeon HD 3850]"
>         BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
>         Option      "DRI"
>         Option      "AccelMethod" "EXA"
>         Option      "Audio"
> EndSection
>
> robert.
>
>>
>> 				Robert Huff
>>
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> Robert Noland <rnoland_at_FreeBSD.org>
> FreeBSD

I'm planning to move from nVidia to ATi, and all this work is what makes
me do that. This code you're talking about, would benefit a HD4850 ?

thanks,

matheus

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