Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:28:50 +0400 From: Vladimir Grebenschikov <vova@fbsd.ru> To: Rene Ladan <r.c.ladan@gmail.com> Cc: x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: preliminary ATI R500/R600 driver available Message-ID: <1192537731.3966.31.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <e890cae60710130050g40655a17rf580456086afe370@mail.gmail.com> References: <e890cae60710130050g40655a17rf580456086afe370@mail.gmail.com>
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=F7 =D3=C2, 13/10/2007 =D7 09:50 +0200, Rene Ladan =D0=C9=DB=C5=D4: > Hi, >=20 > there is a preliminary driver available for ATI R500/R600 cards (aka > X1000 and higher) from the xorg git repository. For my laptop (ASUS > A6JE running i386 8.0-CURRENT), which has a Radeon Mobility X1450 card > : >=20 > * panel works in native resolution (1280x800) > * DVI out works. If I plug in a 1280x1024 monitor, I get 1280x800 on > both the panel and the monitor, but maybe my xorg.conf was wrongly > configured. > * VGA out works, but apparently only for monitors which support > reduced blanking. Other monitors are detected and set up, but > xorg-server bails out at the last moment. >=20 > As this driver is under development, there is no support yet for TV > out or 2d/3d acceleration. >=20 > I could make a local copy of the git sources and spam the PR database > with daily updates (the developers seem to be off in the weekend) for > x11-drivers/xf86-video-radeonhd . >=20 > Users might want to subscribe to radeonhd(at)opensuse(dot)org > Interested? Yes, I have X1400, and will be happy to test/try new drivers. Native resolution (1400x1050) works well for me under VESA driver. Most crucial features for me: - support of second display (for xinerama) - support of turning off back-light (to save battery power) - sometimes, OpenGL support for some programs, like google-earth.=20 vgapci0@pci1:0:0: class=3D0x030000 card=3D0x200617aa chip=3D0x7145100= 2 rev=3D0x00 hdr=3D0x00 vendor =3D 'ATI Technologies Inc.' device =3D 'x1400 PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7145&SUBSYS_20031028&REV_00\4&1C= 9EC085&0&0008' class =3D display subclass =3D VGA > Regards, > Rene --=20 Vladimir B. Grebenschikov vova@fbsd.ru
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