From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 21 17:58:13 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E4B016C51C for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:58:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9339913C442 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:58:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l1LHwAXD007939; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:58:11 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 51FCDB82D; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:58:10 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:58:10 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Paulette McGee Message-ID: <20070221175810.GA99588@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Paulette McGee , Yann Golanski , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <9495.96758.qm@web62302.mail.re1.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9495.96758.qm@web62302.mail.re1.yahoo.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/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Supported graphics card on X11. X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:58:13 -0000 --6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 09:39:10AM -0800, Paulette McGee wrote: > > the page for that chip set. If I am not mistaken > > there is more than one driver for ATI. IE:=20 > >=20 > > radeon driver=20 > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dradeon&apropos=3D0&sektion=3D0= &manpath=3DFreeBSD+6.1-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=3Dhtml > >=20 > > nv driver > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dnv&apropos=3D0&sektion=3D0&man= path=3DFreeBSD+6.1-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=3Dhtml This is the open-source nvidia driver. > 1) AGP =3D works great; in my humble opinion. > 2) PCIe =3D not sure about the status of PCIe on FreeBSD According to the Xorg radeon manual page, the RV410 (Radeon X700) and R423/R430 (Radeon X800) are supported in PCIE.=20 > 3) Integrated =3D Depends on the chip set. >=20 > PS: The proprietary drivers support more chip sets > with 3d acceleration. Depending on your video card: > a) chip set > b) driver support (proprietary vs open source) > c) Hardware interface (AGP, PCIe, Integrated). >=20 > The 3 items listed above may steer the decision making > process for drivers and or cards. For radeon: every radeon up to and including the 9250 (RV280) has accellerated 3D support by the open source radeon driver and the radeon kernel module. These are fast enough for desktop work and light 3D use. Later cards typically support 2D, but no accellerated 3D. See the radeon(4) manual page. 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) --6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFF3IgyEnfvsMMhpyURAkQzAJ4oqTeJaOPR3IRVDk9Wg9N6IcYBwgCfWk6t nysFmvwoHLJoREVKzLCYpbc= =bcc4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi--