From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 15 20:03:15 2008 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 3CD9D106567E for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:03:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vehemens@verizon.net) Received: from vms173005pub.verizon.net (vms173005pub.verizon.net [206.46.173.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24C4D8FC14 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:03:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vehemens@verizon.net) Received: from sam ([71.107.11.239]) by vms173005.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0K5N0063UROTM070@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net>; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:02:53 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:08:31 -0700 From: vehemens In-reply-to: <1218811287.1928.4.camel@localhost> To: Coleman Kane Message-id: <200808151308.31663.vehemens@verizon.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline References: <200808142307.32015.vehemens@verizon.net> <1218811287.1928.4.camel@localhost> User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] drm updates 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: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:03:15 -0000 On Friday 15 August 2008 07:41:27 am Coleman Kane wrote: > On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 23:07 -0700, vehemens wrote: > ... > > Having said all of that, I'll add that I'm hoping to get a commit bit > > soon given that I have a number of local patches that reduces the > > unnecessary differences (that's the plan anyway). > > Do you host any of the patches publicly right now? I'd be more than > happy to test them out and see how well they work with my RS690. Right > now my GPU is unusable for EXA or DRI using xf86-video-ati > (intermittently works) or xf86-video-radeonhd (never works, displays > artifacts, then screeches to a halt). > > I was more active in getting things tested for the radeonhd, ati, and > rnoland's patches until about halfway through June. Since then, the Day > Job and a move back to Cincinnati have both occupied my ever decreasing > amount of spare time. The kernel driver is only part of what needs to be updated. One of my systems uses a RV370 which along with most of xorg master is pretty stable. Recent input changes seems to broken the xserver mouse driver interface however. I haven't made the DRM patches available, but that's what the commit bit should do. Not sure how to handle the port tree patches and tar-balls from git master. Most of my DRM patches reduce the differences between BSD & linux which I consider a stepping stone to DRI2 and other features. I was hoping that stability would be a fall-out from this work. Haven't tried xf86-video-radeonhd with a RS690 recently, but it's PLL problems several months ago was the reason I bought a HD 2600 PRO (also for it's two DVI ports). Using git master xf86-video-radeonhd with the 2600 seems to be pretty stable.