From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 21 15:11:29 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C04351065672 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:11:29 +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 6CDBE8FC14 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:11:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [192.168.1.156] (adsl-157-40-211.bna.bellsouth.net [70.157.40.211]) (authenticated bits=0) by gizmo.2hip.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n3LFBLX9065705 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:11:22 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) From: Robert Noland To: Oliver Lehmann In-Reply-To: <20090421162650.a0ef7477.lehmann@ans-netz.de> References: <20090420152620.8f89edd5.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <20090421162650.a0ef7477.lehmann@ans-netz.de> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-xrlDBH2sp1Ep+65Nvbad" Organization: FreeBSD Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:11:12 -0500 Message-Id: <1240326672.14628.32.camel@balrog.2hip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.0 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_PBL, RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on gizmo.2hip.net Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Ronald Klop Subject: Re: dri + ATI: dramatic performance slowdown X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:11:30 -0000 --=-xrlDBH2sp1Ep+65Nvbad Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2009-04-21 at 16:26 +0200, Oliver Lehmann wrote: > Ronald Klop wrote: >=20 > > X.org is quite good in autodetecting your hardware and running without = a =20 > > config. It works for me out-of-the-box with my Radeon HD 2400 XT and =20 > > Radeon HD 2600 XT. (But I'm not using agp.) > > You can also try the xf86-video-ati driver. It works very well with 2d = =20 > > accell. (I'm using it also.) >=20 > When I tried xf86-video-ati in the past, it didn't deteced my ChipID so I > was forced to use the radeonhd driver (I even have to manually patch the > official generic AMD/ATI Windows XP driver to get support for my > card ;)). > I now retested the driver and my Xorg was left unresponsible after my > loginmanager slim tried to fire up my windowmanager. I only could kill it > from an other system, switching back to the console and back to X11 left > my Xorg in an unkillable state while eating up all my CPU time. So for my > xf86-video-ati is not an option :( >=20 > I'm also not sure how the RV610 or RV630 chipsets are different to my > RV670. (--) PCI:*(0@1:0:0) ATI Technologies Inc RV670PRO [Radeon HD 3850] rev 0, M= em @ 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xfe8e0000/65536, I/O @ 0x0000b000/256, BIOS @ 0= x????????/65536 I am running this right now... Though, it is PCI-E, not AGP... Works with both radeon and radeonhd drivers (current from ports). I expect the issue is with AGP, but you need to be setting Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" on your hardware as well. robert. --=20 Robert Noland FreeBSD --=-xrlDBH2sp1Ep+65Nvbad Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAknt4hAACgkQM4TrQ4qfROOlmgCfdGeSSH2WOgG/s6AD1ub8apjc 2wAAn1CCXN5+j8U0yMhcH1rH2qsjbrM4 =PF6L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-xrlDBH2sp1Ep+65Nvbad--