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Date:      Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:40:57 +0100 (CET)
From:      Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>
To:        freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: AMD E-350
Message-ID:  <201103141440.p2EEevsN073309@lurza.secnetix.de>
In-Reply-To: <4D7DFED9.5000203@comcast.net>

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Adam K Kirchhoff wrote:
 > Oliver Fromme wrote:
 > > Just a quick question ...  I plan to buy a small fanless
 > > box based on the AMD E-350 processor.  The box is intended
 > > to be used for web surfing in the living room, and possibly
 > > also as a media player.  Is the built-in Radeon graphics of
 > > the AMD E-350 supported by FreeBSD + Xorg?  Or will I have
 > > to install "that other OS"?
 > 
 > I can't say definitively if modesetting will work with the radeon driver 
 > on FreeBSD, but I can say definitively that it doesn't provide any 2D or 
 > 3D acceleration.

Good to know.  That means it's basically useless.

 > On a somewhat related note...  I heard that the work the FreeBSD 
 > Foundation and iXsystems is paying for in regards to KMS 
 > (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2011-February/001361.html) 
 > is limited to Intel GPUs.  Can someone please confirm or deny that 
 > depressing bit of information?

Uhm ...  No idea, but if that's true, it might make sense
for me to wait a bit and buy a board based on the new intel
"Sandy Bridge" Core i3-2100T or similar with built-in
graphics.  Provided that one's supported then.

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be much choice when
building a low-noise and low-power surf box for the living
room based on FreeBSD.  Atom boards run (mostly), but they
don't have HDMI output with full HD support.  AMD E-350 is
not supported by FreeBSD, as you wrote above ...  Not much
left ...

Best regards
   Oliver

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