From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Aug 7 15:52:00 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 615F0DABCE5 for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2017 15:52:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zarniwhoop@ntlworld.com) Received: from know-smtprelay-omc-3.server.virginmedia.net (know-smtprelay-omc-3.server.virginmedia.net [80.0.253.67]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "Bizanga Labs SMTP Client Certificate", Issuer "Bizanga Labs CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C5DD6715F5 for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2017 15:51:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zarniwhoop@ntlworld.com) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([81.97.232.230]) by know-smtprelay-3-imp with bizsmtp id uFrq1v00B4yv82R01Frqqo; Mon, 07 Aug 2017 16:51:50 +0100 X-Originating-IP: [81.97.232.230] X-Authenticated-User: X-Spam: 0 X-Authority: v=2.1 cv=ZsEQUIPG c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=obylDaYnIsVqxbenyIBF4Q==:117 a=obylDaYnIsVqxbenyIBF4Q==:17 a=L9H7d07YOLsA:10 a=9cW_t1CCXrUA:10 a=s5jvgZ67dGcA:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=x7bEGLp0ZPQA:10 a=KeKAF7QvOSUA:10 a=aR16PxjQAAAA:8 a=ZiV1oAiyaN9HX38hIUAA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=zbFvvTOBjyH4ze5LlUjX:22 Received: by localhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 517E448725; Mon, 7 Aug 2017 16:51:50 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 16:51:50 +0100 From: Ken Moffat To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A few questions about graphics chipsets Message-ID: <20170807155150.GA16357@milliways.localdomain> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.8.3 (2017-05-23) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ntlworld.com; s=meg.feb2017; t=1502121110; bh=vzRbGXZ433VmVtruVqAVsULOi7inTBomciSMOZogfGg=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=hBuXU484/qfarGV5ZaBAH8Fq93mAqwgAw9Wrg/q9GUuCt65Z7DRawmF2/Dnt1juDw KrBpJUYolT2Y6FXK9fWs6myc8uo8w1k74C0Y/k8v6jkhJpoeCNDfE3X5uxc57noICq M3ttU1iUTUckhBwypm5u4OOj/nHz50PjvdGJDCgQoBfP/f4OTnumMYaxUe1/PuHduX qUMSMoNTb0Osd6VMrASq+hHC/6JqQY/hh7ApMHVVtD8sg6zDnUEpa82KlxI5EheouO jRr4iBjgeqB0iUYYqyTSWNen2Hku1/OgsHDWznwN0gXoYXk1UcgAGTrfdCC4jAgJJ8 RHXVnQ/Zg/utw== X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2017 15:52:00 -0000 On Mon, Aug 07, 2017 at 10:40:15AM +0000, Manish Jain wrote: > > Hi, > > I am writing a system configuration script for FreeBSD, for which I need > to know a few things about the major graphics chipsets and their drivers. > > 1) AMD - My own box is Radeon (R5 230), driven by radeon (+radeonkms). > I now see that there is a separate driver amdgpu. Is this inter-operable > with radeon. That is to say, can a user choose either one to drive X > under FreeBSD ? > For AMD identification, start at https://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/#Decoder_ring_for_engineering_vs_marketing_names Everything up to Sea Islands uses the radeon driver. The amdgpu is for the newest chipsets (Volcanic Islands). ĸen -- I live in a city. I know sparrows from starlings. After that everything is a duck as far as I'm concerned. -- Monstrous Regiment