From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 10 22:11:53 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98422106566B for ; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:11:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 416EE8FC0A for ; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:11:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p2ALqbdc051898; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:52:37 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) with ESMTP id p2ALqbnU051895; Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:52:37 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:52:37 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Andrew Hinton In-Reply-To: <4D794351.7030503@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <4D794351.7030503@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:52:37 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD support for ATI graphics cards X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:11:53 -0000 On Thu, 10 Mar 2011, Andrew Hinton wrote: > Hello, I am looking to buy a laptop (AMD/ATI) and run FreeBSD on it and possibly run some games under Wine. I have looked through both the mailing list and the supported hardware list however neither mentioned ATI graphics cards. The laptop that I have been looking at has the "Radeon HD 6650M" graphics card (http://shop.amd.com/US/_layouts/shop/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=LX.RCH02.004). > > Questions: > > * Does FreeBSD have drivers for the Radeon HD 6***M series? No. The xf86-video-ati driver has support for them, but FreeBSD does not, at present, have kernel modesetting (KMS) that they require. > * Which models of ATI graphics cards does FreeBSD have drivers for? 2D and 3D acceleration is available from the very old 9000-series, to the newer X300/600/1600/1900, 2000-, 3000-, and 4000-series. > * Would anyone suggest a specific laptop (even if it is not AMD/ATI)? For games under Wine? Sorry, no experience there on my part, but it's worth looking at The FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility List: http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/index.html