Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:58:03 -0600 From: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> To: Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, Oliver Lehmann <lehmann@ans-netz.de> Subject: Re: ATI HD5850 support? Message-ID: <1259168283.5126.0.camel@balrog.2hip.net> In-Reply-To: <200911251136.28222.adamk@voicenet.com> References: <20091124134558.a12d3f3b.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <20091124082619.5b345ffe@memory> <20091125171146.20f01d71.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <200911251136.28222.adamk@voicenet.com>
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On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 11:36 -0500, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > 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. Right, I was mostly only referencing kernel side support, not userland. robert. > Adam > _______________________________________________ > 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" -- Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> FreeBSD
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