From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 29 02:24:18 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B3B8106564A for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:24:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6AB18FC12 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:24:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pAT1kNYr013117; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:46:23 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id pAT1kNGG013114; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:46:23 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:46:23 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Kevin Oberman In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20111128092008.GA58668@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <20111128123915.540564b1@ernst.jennejohn.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:46:23 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, Luigi Rizzo Subject: Re: suggested xorg-compatible video HW for FreeBSD/amd64 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:24:18 -0000 On Mon, 28 Nov 2011, Kevin Oberman wrote: > Just a quick reminder as it seems to be forgotten too often...radeonhd > has not been supported or updated in a long time and is generally a > bad choice. Modern Radeon (4xxx) is supported much better with the ati > driver which is still getting some love. > > Since Radeon is open-source, you might expect good support, but it > also depends on kernel mode setting and requires custom KMS DRI code > in the kernel which I am not sure anyone is working on for FreeBSD. > > Maybe when the Intel KMS is completed... The Foundation has expressed interest in funding someone to work on it. http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=27255 Spread the word. Kostik Belousov has said he won't be workin on the radeon driver. Don't know why. If anyone can be found to work on it, I'm pretty sure a bunch of people would be willing to individually contribute additional funding or hardware.