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

On Mon, March 9, 2009 14:31, Robert Noland wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 14:27 -0300, Nenhum_de_Nos 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 ?
>
> Yes, an HD4850 should be supported.  Note that 3d support does not exist
> yet, but 2d (exa) and xv do.

thanks for all. 2D is enough for me. just want to use decent desktop and
watch movies ok.

matheus

> robert.
>
>> thanks,
>>
>> matheus
>>
> --
> Robert Noland <rnoland_at_FreeBSD.org>
> FreeBSD
>


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