From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 29 09:00:40 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 EF6781065680 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:00:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gljennjohn@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79D928FC12 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:00:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by faak28 with SMTP id k28so762647faa.13 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:00:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ApB+y/KOnNOiBx6THsk8QpeAHI7a1fCOUKuSmMg3xnc=; b=SfmmLqCwze3OjiIK8TC8cC30KnPHb1Jz+Pv+qe6iQ6Du5P+wbebbUgfGAn6Et/h0Se Sr18D8lTlQJl9MSJxCEIC7bvEo8hTtopHF5gFhaZ9I0LCnK1bK/KPubCUc3I4yojR2xN 8qWIbXX4inWinz0mzHKSGCULOjCV7DDb3AAhc= Received: by 10.204.13.70 with SMTP id b6mr50422257bka.78.1322557239109; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:00:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from ernst.jennejohn.org (p578E133C.dip.t-dialin.net. [87.142.19.60]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j9sm35628561bkd.2.2011.11.29.01.00.37 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:00:38 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:00:35 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn To: Warren Block Message-ID: <20111129100035.24025c26@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20111128092008.GA58668@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <20111128123915.540564b1@ernst.jennejohn.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.18.7; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Reply-To: gljennjohn@googlemail.com 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 09:00:41 -0000 On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:46:23 -0700 (MST) Warren Block wrote: > 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. I don't think he wants to take on TTM. Could also be that he doesn't have any hardware, which would IMO be a major problem for whomever takes this on considering the rate at which AMD/ATI brings new chips to market. High-end cards, which are usually the first to market, can be quite expensive. -- Gary Jennejohn