Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:02:15 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@googlemail.com> To: Mathew Keith <rommy@appus.org> Cc: x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hello - requesting update to ports version of ati radeon drivers Message-ID: <20100827120215.7007e213@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik1vytDhMOpq4fDZr2mbSuptvrmPLb9Hs6hpiM8@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikbytKecfV%2BxN5RmmBEsmcwJ3Exw8WHBrmOkZwZ@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTik1vytDhMOpq4fDZr2mbSuptvrmPLb9Hs6hpiM8@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:07:27 -0700 Mathew Keith <rommy@appus.org> wrote: > Resubmitting this because it looks like it was flagged as spam and never > posted to the mailing list! > *Invalid confirmation string:* dca815ebe2afa4dc3a91099001aefc41742f71f3 > This happened on the same date that I submitted it. Apologies if this > becomes duplicated somehow. > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Mathew Keith <rommy@appus.org> wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > I'd like to open with a thank you for your hard work =) > > > > I've been using Freebsd with an ATI HD 4350 videocard and am having some > > issues with the HDMI output that are difficult to describe. In essence the > > screen resolution says it is 1360x768 but the screen elements themselves are > > much, much larger. The output is normal over vga (albeit, about an inch or > > two too far to the right.) > > See <a href=" > > http://s1001.photobucket.com/albums/af138/rommyappus/?action=view¤t=IMG_20100825_221107.jpg">HDMI</a> > > and <a href=" > > http://s1001.photobucket.com/albums/af138/rommyappus/?action=view¤t=IMG_20100825_220329.jpg > > ">VGA</a> > > > > I've been working with the folks in #radeon on irc.freenode.net and they > > suggested I try a newer revision of the driver from the 13.x series. > > Presently ports has a 12.4 version. I don't know of any way of manually > > compiling them or otherwise getting a newer version so if you have some > > advice on this matter I would greatly appreciate it. > > > > For documentation I have some attachments which may assist you. I have > > linked some pictures showing my tv both with VGA output and HDMI. The > > difference is quite obvious. > > > > An updated ati driver might also prove effective in getting audio over HDMI > > to work as well for this card. > > > > Thank you for your help > > I've been running 6.13.1 since July 19th using the patch from this PR: ports/148712 and the patch (copy&paste, so you may have to apply it by hand, but it's trivial) below. There may be a more recent version of the driver, but I haven't checked. --- /root/r6xx_accel.c 2010-08-02 18:57:01.000000000 +0200 +++ /root/r6xx_accel.c_mod 2010-07-19 09:51:07.000000000 +0200 @@ -1262,10 +1262,10 @@ void r600_vb_no_space(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn, int vert_size) { -#ifdef XF86DRM_MODE RADEONInfoPtr info = RADEONPTR(pScrn); struct radeon_accel_state *accel_state = info->accel_state; +#ifdef XF86DRM_MODE if (info->cs) { if (accel_state->vb_bo) { if (accel_state->vb_start_op != accel_state->vb_offset) { -- Gary Jennejohn
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