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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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