From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 2 20:24:28 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 182C3106566B for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2009 20:24:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A1678FC13 for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2009 20:24:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n02KNpEr034475; Fri, 2 Jan 2009 21:23:51 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E2B1ABA8F; Fri, 2 Jan 2009 21:23:50 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 21:23:50 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Adam K Kirchhoff Message-ID: <20090102202350.GA32655@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20090102183257.GA2911@aurora.oekb.co.at> <200901021342.38522.adamk@voicenet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200901021342.38522.adamk@voicenet.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: Ewald Jenisch , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 20:24:28 -0000 --x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 01:42:38PM -0500, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > 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 >=20 > Either radeon or radeonhd should be fine. Feature-wise, they are at the = same=20 > level. No other changes are required. >=20 > Very recently DRM support was added for those cards, giving them much > faster 2D acceleration via EXA (without DRM support, only XAA is > supported)=20 I've tried a HD3450 (RV620 chip) and a X1650Pro (RV535 chip) with both ati and radeonhd drivers. As of radeonhd 1.2.4 the X1650Pro works fine with XAA, to which it defaults. EXA wasn't very fast: (--) Chipset RV535 found (**) RADEONHD(0): Selected XAA 2D acceleration. (**) RADEONHD(0): Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" "true" (II) RADEONHD(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA) Screen to screen bit blits Solid filled rectangles 8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles Indirect CPU to Screen color expansion Solid Lines Scanline Image Writes Setting up tile and stipple cache: 32 128x128 slots 28 256x256 slots 16 512x512 slots The HD3450 only worked with shadowfb accelleration: (--) Chipset RV620 found (**) RADEONHD(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 (**) RADEONHD(0): Option "AccelMethod" "exa" (WW) RADEONHD(0): RV620: HW 2D acceleration is not implemented yet. (**) RADEONHD(0): Selected ShadowFB. (II) RADEONHD(0): Xv: No Textured Video possible without the Command Proces= sor. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkled9YACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUbrwCglTqvAw05Xp38huzSujshXGBE hgsAniTFev7C6XHIjFzXfYvCUgxVhgu3 =N7o9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn--