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

From: Kip Macy <kip.macy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:36:01 -0700
I have an HD4850 and it works well. Unfortunately it is the one from
ASUS where only one port does dual-link.

-Kip

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Nenhum_de_Nos <matheus_at_eternamente.info> wrote:
>
> 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
>>>
>> --
>> 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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