Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 07:27:22 -0500 From: Dutch Ingraham <stoa@gmx.us> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Support for AMD A4-6300 Richland w/ Radeon HD 8370D Message-ID: <54A29A2A.50001@gmx.us> In-Reply-To: <54A22259.8070602@freenet.de> References: <239D4B59-8ED2-4049-827F-C2E84172D7F4@dpdtech.com> <54A1F5F2.2000206@gmx.us> <54A22259.8070602@freenet.de>
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On 12/29/14 22:56, Gerd Hafenbrack wrote: > On 2014-12-30 01:46, Dutch Ingraham wrote: >> On 12/29/14 19:12, David P. Discher wrote: >>> ... AMD A4-6300 Richland Dual-Core 3.7GHz Socket FM2 65W Desktop >>> Processor AMD Radeon HD 8370D >>> ... >>> [ 183.426] (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ARUBA" (ChipID = 0x9998) >>> ... >> Have you seen https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics ? > > You mean because of the row > | AMD | Radeon HD 8000 | Sea Islands | Not supported | > in "Tested hardware matrix"? > > This is very misleading! > With marketing name "HD 8000" there are 4 generations from "Evergreen" > to "Sea Islands". Only "Sea Islands" is not supported. > "Aruba" is TeraScale 3/VLIW4 like "CAYMAN" which is "Northern Islands" > generation and should work. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Maybe that could be broken out further in the wiki? My main reason for mentioning it was the OP had mentioned loading the driver and modules. There is a very Radeon-specific procedure in the wiki that may have been helpful.
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