From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 4 02:12:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB72C106566C; Sat, 4 Apr 2009 02:12:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from LukeD@pobox.com) Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com [207.106.133.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DF8B8FC15; Sat, 4 Apr 2009 02:12:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from LukeD@pobox.com) Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67186A76DA; Fri, 3 Apr 2009 21:53:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lukas.is-a-geek.org (unknown [71.112.210.71]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3CFAFA76D8; Fri, 3 Apr 2009 21:53:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 18:53:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Luke Dean X-X-Sender: lukas@border.lukas.is-a-geek.org To: Robert Noland In-Reply-To: <1237142952.1774.22.camel@balrog.2hip.net> Message-ID: References: <1237142952.1774.22.camel@balrog.2hip.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 67FA7436-20BB-11DE-95A1-BB14ECB1AA3C-96347044!a-sasl-fastnet.pobox.com Cc: freebsd-stable Subject: Re: Radeon r6/7xx support merged to -STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Luke Dean List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:12:03 -0000 On Sun, 15 Mar 2009, Robert Noland wrote: > I went ahead and merged the Radeon R6/7xx code to -STABLE a while ago. > > The current xorg drivers will not enable it by default on R600+ chips. > You will need to be using xf86-video-ati-6.12.0, > xf86-video-radeonhd-devel or possibly even better git master of either. > > You will need to add the following to the Device section of your > xorg.conf to enable it. If you are experiencing issues, commenting > these two options out, will prevent Xorg from auto-loading the kernel > module. > > Options "DRI" > Options "AccelMethod" "EXA" > > robert. I know it's been a few weeks, but thanks for this work! I'm using a Radeon HD 4350 and tracking -STABLE. Ever since the big xorg update, my system has been crippled. I like to use startx, restart X, and switch consoles with the function keys. The only driver I could find that didn't completely lock up the system when I did these things was the vesa driver, so I've been using it. Even now vesa throws "failed to set mtrr: Invalid argument" on startup and the screen gets corrupted when I change consoles with the function keys, but it doesn't freeze my system, so I've been using it. Today I finally got around to trying out the radeon changes listed above, and now my system is crippled no more! Plus I have graphics acceleration! Thanks!