From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 25 16:58:14 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13D15106566B for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:58:14 +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 D1D0B8FC12 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:58:13 +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 nAPGw9Gu079263 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:58:09 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) From: Robert Noland To: Adam K Kirchhoff In-Reply-To: <200911251136.28222.adamk@voicenet.com> References: <20091124134558.a12d3f3b.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <20091124082619.5b345ffe@memory> <20091125171146.20f01d71.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <200911251136.28222.adamk@voicenet.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: FreeBSD Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:58:03 -0600 Message-Id: <1259168283.5126.0.camel@balrog.2hip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 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: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, Oliver Lehmann Subject: Re: ATI HD5850 support? X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:58:14 -0000 On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 11:36 -0500, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > On Wednesday 25 November 2009 11:11:46 Oliver Lehmann wrote: > > Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > > > http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19446 > > > > > > Modesetting works, digital outputs don't, and none of the code has been > > > committed. There is no timeframe yet, and you'd be stuck with the vesa > > > driver till modesetting is committed. > > > > Ok, since it is hard right now to get a HD5850 anyway I guess I have to > > wait until at least digital output is working (digital out and dual > > monitor support i need at least). > > Is there a place where I could "monitor" if the drivers gets updated with > > rv8xx support? > > > > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-radeonhd > > > > There? Or would it be a "patchset" at first anyway so it won't pop up > > there? > > > > It will probably happen with the 'radeon' driver first, which is here: > > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati > > And it will most likely get added to git as soon as it's available for > testing. > > You could also keep an eye on phoronix: > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=home > > They tend to post on major updates to video drivers in the *nix world. Right, I was mostly only referencing kernel side support, not userland. robert. > Adam > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Robert Noland FreeBSD