Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:36:28 -0500 From: Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com> To: Oliver Lehmann <lehmann@ans-netz.de> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATI HD5850 support? Message-ID: <200911251136.28222.adamk@voicenet.com> 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 Wednesday 25 November 2009 11:11:46 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? > It will probably happen with the 'radeon' driver first, which is here: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati And it will most likely get added to git as soon as it's available for testing. You could also keep an eye on phoronix: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=home They tend to post on major updates to video drivers in the *nix world. Adam
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