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Date:      Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:00:43 -0500
From:      Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Greg Rivers <gcr+freebsd-stable@tharned.org>
Cc:        freebsd-x11 <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [HEADS UP] drm merged to -STABLE
Message-ID:  <1237395643.1738.3.camel@balrog.2hip.net>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903171801250.34773@roadkill.tharned.org>
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On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 18:24 -0500, Greg Rivers wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Mar 2009, Robert Noland wrote:
>=20
> > On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 12:20 -0500, Greg Rivers wrote:
> >> On Sat, 10 Jan 2009, Robert Noland wrote:
> >>
> >>> I just merged drm (Direct Rendering) from HEAD.
> >>>
> >>>        - Support for latest Intel chips
> >>>        - Support and fixes for many AMD/ATI chips r500 and below
> >>>        - Support AMD/ATI IGP based chips (rs690/rs485)
> >>>        - Lots of code cleanups
> >>>        - Lots of other fixes and changes since the existing drm
> >>>          is 2+ years old
> >>>
> >>> If you are experiencing a "garbled" screen with certain pci/pci-e bas=
ed
> >>> radeons, I have another patch in HEAD that isn't included yet.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I have a workstation with a [Radeon X600 (PCIE)] card.  The X display =
has
> >> been garbled since these DRM updates went in in January, and remains
> >> garbled with 7.1-STABLE as of yesterday.  As a work-around, I'm runnin=
g
> >> the up-to-date 7.1-STABLE system (both world and ports) with a
> >> 7.1-RELEASE-p2 kernel.  The display is fine with the old kernel and X
> >> works great; I even see dramatically improved performance with the new
> >> Xorg and EXA acceleration.  Your work is much appreciated.
> >>
> >> But the garbled display with the recent DRM still plagues me.
> >>
> >> [snip]
> >
> > Could you try the attached patch.
> >
>=20
> Unfortunately, there is no noticeable difference with this patch.
>=20
>=20
> > Also, I'm guessing that this is a PCI based card, right?  Also, it isn'=
t=20
> > an integrated model?
> >
>=20
> Yes, this is a PCIEx16 card in a HP Compaq dc7600 desktop PC, not a=20
> motherboard integrated adapter.
>=20
> Thanks for your help.  I'm willing to spend some time debugging this;=20
> please let me know if there's more information I can provide or other=20
> tests or patches I can try.

Ok, try this patch... I asked the folks from AMD and they agree that
this shouldn't be needed on an RV370, but we will give it a try... This
is what fixed the garbled display on the IGP chips.

robet.

> --=20
> Greg Rivers
--=20
Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org>
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