From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 7 15:06:44 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A7F2106568F; Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:06:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gizmo.2hip.net (gizmo.2hip.net [64.74.207.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABCF98FC0A; Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:06:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (adsl-154-218-170.ard.bellsouth.net [72.154.218.170]) (authenticated bits=0) by gizmo.2hip.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nB7F6eC9092064 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:06:41 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) From: Robert Noland To: Marius =?ISO-8859-1?Q?N=FCnnerich?= In-Reply-To: References: <20091205080133.GA87230@ravenloft.kiev.ua> <1260108237.2315.259.camel@balrog.2hip.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Organization: FreeBSD Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:06:35 -0600 Message-Id: <1260198395.2315.264.camel@balrog.2hip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_PBL, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL, RDNS_DYNAMIC, SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on gizmo.2hip.net Cc: ports@freebsd.org, x11@freebsd.org, Alex Kozlov , Norikatsu Shigemura Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] Experimental 3D HW accel support for Radeon HD 2xxx, 3xxx and 4xxx. X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:06:44 -0000 On Sun, 2009-12-06 at 17:47 +0100, Marius Nünnerich wrote: > On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 15:03, Robert Noland wrote: > > On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 10:01 +0200, Alex Kozlov wrote: > >> On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 10:42:43AM +0900, Norikatsu Shigemura wrote: > >> > Hi Radeon HD 2xxx, 3xxx and 4xxx users! > >> > > >> > I'm ready to update ports related Mesa3D to 7.6 base, graphics/dri, > >> > graphics/libGL*, graphics/libglut, graphics/mesa-demos and > >> > graphics/libdrm. Please see also my attached patch file. I'll > >> > update these as soon as tomorrow. > >> > > >> > Mesa3D 7.6 supports experimental r600 driver, as known as AMD > >> > R6xx/R7xx architecture. I confirmed that it's good works, but > >> > buggy on my Radeon HD 4850 environment with 9-current/amd64 and > >> > xf86-video-radeonhd-devel. Please see also [I known problem] > >> > section. > >> I use similiar setup(but with mesa git master) for more than a month > >> without a problem. HD 3650 AGP. glxgear, other demos and even some old > >> games in wine like deusex work fine. > > > > Openarena, UT, vdrift, nexuiz, etc... should all work fairly well also. > > There are still features that are not yet implemented on r600, but I > > tend to run all of the above all video options enabled on highest > > settings. Really large textures are slow and it seems like I found one > > option that really hurt performance (bloom maybe), but otherwise they > > are all more than playable on my HD4650 core2duo e7400. > > > > Disclaimer: I'm not a gamer... but I do use them for testing. > > > > robert. > > One thing I know is interesting for many people is playing World of > Warcraft under wine. Last time I checked it wasn't even possible under > linux with catalyst. Do you know anything about this or have tried it? I've not tried it. My primary radeon box is amd64 and I haven't tried the patches to get wine up and running. I've heard that WoW will run under wine on linux now though. I have not had anyone tell me if it runs under FreeBSD as well though. However, the features supported by the driver are pretty much the same, so I would say it is worth a shot. robert. -- Robert Noland FreeBSD