Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:26:38 -0600 From: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> To: Oliver Lehmann <lehmann@ans-netz.de> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATI HD5850 support? Message-ID: <1259166398.2346.9.camel@balrog.2hip.net> In-Reply-To: <20091125171146.20f01d71.lehmann@ans-netz.de> References: <20091124134558.a12d3f3b.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <20091124082619.5b345ffe@memory> <20091125171146.20f01d71.lehmann@ans-netz.de>
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On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 17:11 +0100, Oliver Lehmann wrote: > Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > > > http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19446 > > > > Modesetting works, digital outputs don't, and none of the code has been > > committed. There is no timeframe yet, and you'd be stuck with the vesa > > driver till modesetting is committed. > > Ok, since it is hard right now to get a HD5850 anyway I guess I have to > wait until at least digital output is working (digital out and dual > monitor support i need at least). > Is there a place where I could "monitor" if the drivers gets updated with > rv8xx support? > > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-radeonhd > > There? Or would it be a "patchset" at first anyway so it won't pop up > there? For FreeBSD, this pretty much means you will be waiting on me. I haven't poked the guys from AMD about this lately, but I know that they were working on it. I don't know yet exactly what will be needed to make them work. If indeed there is something special about them that requires KMS, then it won't be quick unfortunately. Actually, I just poked the guys from AMD... and it appears that nothing particularly special is required. So, once AMD releases the code I should be able to incorporate the changes fairly quickly. They did state (as adam mentioned) that digital outputs are being problematic right now, so that still needs a bit of love. I don't have an ETA at this point, but I don't expect it to be too much longer. robert. -- Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> FreeBSD
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