From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Sat Aug 13 20:21:24 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@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 A4460BB84E6 for ; Sat, 13 Aug 2016 20:21:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hafenbrack@arcor.de) Received: from mail-in-08.arcor-online.net (mail-in-08.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.48]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mx.arcor.de", Issuer "Verizon Public SureServer CA G14-SHA2" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4A62F1454 for ; Sat, 13 Aug 2016 20:21:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hafenbrack@arcor.de) Received: from mail-in-12-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-12-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.29]) by mx.arcor.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3sBXNT4t5HzwSSk for ; Sat, 13 Aug 2016 21:47:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-in-11.arcor-online.net (mail-in-11.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.51]) by mail-in-12-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B1CFCE944 for ; Sat, 13 Aug 2016 21:47:53 +0200 (CEST) X-Greylist: Passed host: 89.15.60.84 X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mail-in-11.arcor-online.net 3sBXNT31tQz31Lq DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=arcor.de; s=mail-in; t=1471117673; bh=PDP2P9iXE2YWfRNlX1eKJz36x8EuW+4mj57Byl+UfEg=; h=Subject:To:References:From:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=PGQAIWguM9makkCQLMbydk7jOyWcMWgn7YT8Oof6epa/65AdGki5+qwg241zQuhb1 +cnaPiS5nhwSBrsDKqtY15OR2e66Z86oINi5XXuWZNTNqIaHv2AosGFHvX2QetavfV FvYSMz8YxsnEjbWe7QsVyKvykHcekX0Eke1AgaT4= Received: from [192.168.1.2] (x590f3c54.dyn.telefonica.de [89.15.60.84]) (Authenticated sender: hafenbrack@arcor.de) by mail-in-11.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 3sBXNT31tQz31Lq for ; Sat, 13 Aug 2016 21:47:53 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: Any chance for ATI Radeon 8470 HD graphics ? To: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" References: From: Gerd Hafenbrack Message-ID: Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2016 21:47:34 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="hpgIjQGDKhEPaWOHm3gXTWkwfavrCnsL8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2016 20:21:24 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --hpgIjQGDKhEPaWOHm3gXTWkwfavrCnsL8 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="PrLEqr8CNmCpArbajP5hkPMDBtp9rCas8" From: Gerd Hafenbrack To: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" Message-ID: Subject: Re: Any chance for ATI Radeon 8470 HD graphics ? References: In-Reply-To: --PrLEqr8CNmCpArbajP5hkPMDBtp9rCas8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2016-08-13 21:04, Manish Jain wrote: > ... there is no way to determine in advance=20 > whether certain hardware will work on not. It should not be difficult t= o=20 > put up a web page which lists hardware compatibility ratings for the=20 > most popular hardware available online. Since things like CPU, disk=20 > drives, memory modules, monitor, keyboard and mouse always work, as a=20 > desktop user, I only need hardware compatibility scores for graphics=20 > adapter, sound card, ethernet adapter, printer/scanner. If I could=20 > easily see which currently available adapter/card/printer is supported,= =20 > it makes life easier for everyone - for me buying the hardware, for=20 > FreeBSD users looking to support the OS and the hardware it runs on. At leasr for graphics such a web page which lists hardware compatibility exists: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics#Video_cards > This also becomes a strong incentive to hardware manufacturers to ensur= e=20 > that their hardware works on FreeBSD; ... Nearly all hardware manufacturers don't give a tinker's damn about FreeBS= D. > ... Richland graphics don't work. ... Richland has Northern Islands and Northern Islands should work. > ... there is not even a single nvidia > card ... which I can see mentioned as supported > on the FreeBSD Graphics web page. The only cards listed there are ages = > old and possibly very expensive cards. Not even a single card with the = > current bunch of 210/610/710/730 chipsets is referred on that page.=20 This page is for open source drivers. nvidia cards are supported by the proprietary driver from nvidia: http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/105346 --PrLEqr8CNmCpArbajP5hkPMDBtp9rCas8-- --hpgIjQGDKhEPaWOHm3gXTWkwfavrCnsL8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJXr3lnAAoJELNjiXN8nEeNez4P/iG+N/BptPzWMLC9ni49lG9A Pb/n3/uyMkMYAPsxyTZCvFd/7XpUA57YpgAIWeRt7Uqsvj8VK6Vk1Yi2U/wz9xyR Wm3/Aj9FPMUsjPt4mkK585gBeT80CSmxKHYNf2HmcsZ6RqV0ET68EyGjPhY4MDZg bafe7Vbv1KpSwpV7zo9s6bhs+Dg6W/TzfxRUO+TDv7ZMaAAOYJ/ghvICidzdBWsP XrGVv1i2WMFEoOdsejjyEWUuMK7leLQtDxgjsE1Qg6IgEIXZG5jq91ibY7wI7xDG /2IK33LfzhgDITxSvpRoRUodCq7ipWTTHUIS7bmuM578r7J7Y8GtPoF9uElWh2Q0 xO43qx8aZX4pnLSsBPgAojPo0n51OIfa9/lMCx99odqvXwSjHSLry3Sv7g3ErmZx IVRuR1BIfT3ObNJDAAa3T6AOiduBxkhJXaCqnMWrwvB0QnfJeTm9mUyU2CwLORgA SaFSNvTt3s8nwlmz0kXq6Y7FVqIJBrMuS7ng+L3m3aklysdz8F2e42NIp9uBufYC YxBGN3pJSMbNYuLHL8wuQMIXNstlha0TjWYIpzydN0muVfYItSSgCJIwwEo2433e aFLxSpA4MTHZ8TJzrVLsIaMNw/hrwFPK4A6WnjTBDuQCIU+quUdAe0l8d7vKHCVm t/uffIJY+iAQ0d/upOJQ =Vjbx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --hpgIjQGDKhEPaWOHm3gXTWkwfavrCnsL8--