From nobody Tue Dec 28 21:58:35 2021 X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D3AA1914B13 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2021 21:58:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bennett@sdf.org) Received: from mx.sdf.org (mx.sdf.org [205.166.94.24]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mx.sdf.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4JNpMT3914z4XJ8 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2021 21:58:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bennett@sdf.org) Received: from sdf.org (IDENT:bennett@rie.sdf.org [205.166.94.4]) by mx.sdf.org (8.15.2/8.14.5) with ESMTPS id 1BSLwcWk014135 (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256 bits) verified NO) for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2021 21:58:38 GMT Received: (from bennett@localhost) by sdf.org (8.15.2/8.12.8/Submit) id 1BSLwZIK027629 for freebsd-x11@freebsd.org; Tue, 28 Dec 2021 15:58:35 -0600 (CST) From: Scott Bennett Message-Id: <202112282158.1BSLwZIK027629@sdf.org> Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2021 15:58:35 -0600 To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Radeon HD 6970 question User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 6/20/10 List-Id: X11 List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-x11 List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4JNpMT3914z4XJ8 X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=sdf.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of bennett@sdf.org designates 205.166.94.24 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=bennett@sdf.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.15 / 15.00]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.995]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:205.166.94.0/24]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-x11@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-0.999]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.64)[0.644]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[sdf.org,none]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:14361, ipnet:205.166.94.0/24, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N I recently received a Radeon HD 6970 card as a hand-me-down from a family member. Before I shut down my tor relay, unhook all the cabling to external devices, etc., and lug the ~80 lb. beast down from its perch, is anyone else already successfully using such a card with FreeBSD 12.3 and associated gpu-firmware-kmod and drm-fbsd12.0-kmod versions (gpu-firmware-kmod-g20210330 and drm-fbsd12.0-kmod-4.16.g20201016_2)? If so, have you encountered any particular gotchas with them under 12.3? Many thanks in advance for any relevant information. Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett at sdf.org *xor* bennett at freeshell.org * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * **********************************************************************