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Subject: Re: Pending MFC of drm updates
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Robert Noland wrote:
> I am planning to merge most all of the drm from -CURRENT to releng_7
> shortly.  The merge that I have staged includes the following.
>
> Merged /head/sys:r182080,182467-182469,182883-182884,183573,183603-183605,
> 	183828,183830-183834,184212-184213,184263,184373-184375
>
> There are really too many updates/fixes to mention as the drm from 7 is
> more than 2 years old now.  This has support for several newer Intel and
> AMD/ATI chips, (no r6/7xx yet, but soon(tm)).
>
> I have a patch available for testing at
> http://people.freebsd.org/~rnoland/drm-update-7-010609.patch.bz2
>
> robert.
>
>   
I've pulled this down and patched my install of FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE.  
Whilst using a Radeon 9250 (R280?), I have no problems.  There is also 
no apparent performance difference.

The only issue I have seen occurs with my dual-monitor setup.  
Occasionally a window on the second monitor will decide to render its 
drop-down menus or other (overlay-based?) graphics on the primary 
monitor instead of where it should be.  Restarting the application seems 
to clear this up.  I have not seen this previously before applying your 
patch.