From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 14 14:41:14 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 5CFB01065672 for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:41:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D17198FC1A for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:41:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p2EEevnc073310; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:41:12 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id p2EEevsN073309; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:40:57 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:40:57 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <201103141440.p2EEevsN073309@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <4D7DFED9.5000203@comcast.net> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-x11 User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.3.5 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:41:12 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: AMD E-350 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: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:41:14 -0000 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 -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "Python is an experiment in how much freedom programmers need. Too much freedom and nobody can read another's code; too little and expressiveness is endangered." -- Guido van Rossum