From owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Thu Mar 3 02:22:26 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40DEFAC1027 for ; Thu, 3 Mar 2016 02:22:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bacon4000@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ig0-x236.google.com (mail-ig0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 08DC11AD4 for ; Thu, 3 Mar 2016 02:22:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bacon4000@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ig0-x236.google.com with SMTP id z8so8214448ige.0 for ; Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:22:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0/CoZFMPhQxKY9ZHOv3xedHSyqrk2IN2ZEWdBIY0GQc=; b=WBrgFjezCEtaALx1bJmq/Mnmk0yFmxP+3r1yLti6C2tpa9SDSFcSs68uFadHKRJq7K 74/13Dbbntw9hMxksF9X6Udt1FgBwXiJwzOeK4Iz1wOJB/k3M8hIcsNeNHdF+phNpT3g wurXdKDNVmGwag8PyKCCpQydvtRzFtyjoGYD2sSBNfaXFeKfxIZwMLM+MWVNGHVtu5N4 14osyf0j5ZFIMHTKm8DUEDsOYI9tn7JIl6zPXO6xuSRbEhMoG0MTBVtBoPtjX1CK7RTS yNOriwDzgjGZFB3uu8g/CXNnLGFl0CUpNXrL0+zNauHHvpZ70AVQMa6zDv/kcMQNii4p /zbw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0/CoZFMPhQxKY9ZHOv3xedHSyqrk2IN2ZEWdBIY0GQc=; b=G1lyRShXQ8Gs/zUWdVjf/QDb5li3BiXxtdOe0D8qY7xmJ3LhtEiPlgqLEw6jGRk920 YddvAdhPhxPUcJbcPKo7FhvFKaTBDCXgPOTbcTFhyB2tG1c3Agw6+Dy7IxiaVPYycs4q Hpq9F4lbtSbWdfCZVtwjaIZfHFjfNEdGZ2FflQ9fXrdvCVeyYbzyeU7jBqLumLHvsh0t vh3qbnnRyqgaqdOKYOfJYKoULgU4BxIsPoeeL+Z8HLLMAqhle0jfl64DISNSGEH5otKn hluCxd2IwF/nTMGPlEEGFyJ+Hdzx4lf/pRZTPCaA6EVo9jG0mcNqVGA2rrv9F2c3OaI0 vuUw== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJIJWscBU0yUlXflMrCwWXMBbJe0YhPaRdEVwg2d96mDkfRw5Mv+ttNb72EK+erS0g== X-Received: by 10.50.3.70 with SMTP id a6mr3098174iga.40.1456971745430; Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:22:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from manatee.acadix.biz (h184-61-62-248.nwblwi.dsl.dynamic.tds.net. [184.61.62.248]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id f129sm3995044ioe.36.2016.03.02.18.22.24 for (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:22:24 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Radeon Video Card Support. To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org References: <66456897.2636817.1456949684196.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <66456897.2636817.1456949684196.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> From: Jason Bacon Message-ID: <56D79FDF.6040201@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 20:22:23 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2016 02:22:26 -0000 If you can find out what it's most similar to that *is* supported by Xorg, there's a chance it will prove very easy to add support for it. There is support for the X1900 series: http://www.x.org/archive/X11R7.6/doc/man/man4/radeon.4.xhtml It *could* prove to be as easy as tweaking the radeon driver to recognize the chipset as one if its supported models. Or, it could mean studying the spec sheet and writing hundreds of lines of new code. :-/ Only one way to find out... On 03/02/2016 19:47, Joe Nosay wrote: > Oi, > Qual e' and all that. > This is somewhat of a X11 problem and not just PPC. > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Milton César Disegna de Souza Leite < > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> Hi, >> There are any news about support for Radeon video card in Powermacs G5 >> late 2005? More especifically about video cards Radeon X1900 Mac Edition.I >> have one PowerMac G5 2.0GHz dual core with Radeon X1900. This card work >> with Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.8 without problems but not in FreeBSD 10.x. It >> does not work also in Debian, Gentoo and Ubuntu Mate (distros that I have >> tested in my ppc).I searched by others card that can function in Powermac >> and I discovered that Radeon HD series can work in Linux (4650 and 6570 are >> examples that I have found) like a second video card until with 3D (Thank >> for Luigi Burdo).There are any similar attempts for FreeBSD for Radeon HD >> series? >> >> Milton César Disegna de Souza Leite >> >> "Preocupe-se mais com sua consciência do que com sua reputação. Porque sua >> consciência é o que você é, e sua reputação é o que os outros pensam de >> você. E o que os outros pensam, é problema deles." >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"