From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 2 18:43:25 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48188106566B for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2009 18:43:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adamk@voicenet.com) Received: from spamfish.visualtech.com (h-67-102-187-40.phlapafg.covad.net [67.102.187.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 683548FC08 for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2009 18:43:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adamk@voicenet.com) Received: from mailstore.visualtech.com (unknown [67.102.187.41]) by spamfish.visualtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BCA8E1F4492; Fri, 2 Jan 2009 13:40:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from memory.visualtech.com (h-67-103-204-242.phlapafg.covad.net [67.103.204.242]) by mailstore.visualtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 146AAADC248; Fri, 2 Jan 2009 13:44:29 -0500 (EST) From: Adam K Kirchhoff To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 13:42:38 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.10.1 (FreeBSD/7.1-PRERELEASE; KDE/4.1.1; i386; ; ) References: <20090102183257.GA2911@aurora.oekb.co.at> In-Reply-To: <20090102183257.GA2911@aurora.oekb.co.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <200901021342.38522.adamk@voicenet.com> X-visualtech-MailScanner: Found to be clean Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Ewald Jenisch Subject: Re: X11 - radeon or radeonhd? (ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:43:25 -0000 On Friday 02 January 2009 13:32:57 Ewald Jenisch wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a PC (Dell) that came with a Radeon HD 2400 XT (RV610 chipset). > > Afaik there isn't 3D support yet with this card, so my primary goal is > to get it working as far as 2D and speed is concerned (I don't want to > go for "vesa" if at all possible) > > > Which driver should I use for this card - radeon or radeonhd? > > Anything to consider besides having either "Driver radeon" or "Driver > radeonhd" in the xorg.conf in order to get going? > > Thanks much in advance for any clue, > -ewald Either radeon or radeonhd should be fine. Feature-wise, they are at the same level. No other changes are required. Very recently DRM support was added for those cards, giving them much faster 2D acceleration via EXA (without DRM support, only XAA is supported) and Xv support as well. Unfortunately, this is limited to linux at the moment, but I *believe* Robert Noland has begun investigating how to port those changes over. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.