From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 29 10:24:32 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 C709D106566B for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:24:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f182.google.com (mail-qy0-f182.google.com [209.85.216.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F4C98FC0A for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:24:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyg36 with SMTP id 36so5383599qyg.13 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:24:31 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=mU5znJNwj17PbR2ocy19tVG1EHvgCtrVvPq06U9DhjI=; b=dQRErrF9cn0qz/rdB4Yr0h/B2Z8NXpfoLw4zNLAEKO1A2uwpB2LwbFsSaiS+rvDzn8 xR3h8CGCuzqUsqC+9lEWZupjHFgsVVY5B63Gpa9IaaHQDI1zVddjncYRVXimru1NdAsU drjSifq+aZmYghtt0uMHNisTFPHjGUeXh6GuU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.20.193 with SMTP id g1mr5262755qcb.173.1322562271623; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:24:31 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.90.12 with HTTP; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:24:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20111129100035.24025c26@ernst.jennejohn.org> References: <20111128092008.GA58668@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <20111128123915.540564b1@ernst.jennejohn.org> <20111129100035.24025c26@ernst.jennejohn.org> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:24:31 -0500 Message-ID: From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: gljennjohn@googlemail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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 10:24:32 -0000 On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 4:00 AM, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > 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 > Some example lists of sample prices : http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st?bbn=284822&hidden-keywords=pcie&qid=1322562190&rh=n%3A172282%2Cn%3A%21493964%2Cn%3A541966%2Cn%3A193870011%2Cn%3A284822%2Cp_4%3AATI&sort=-price http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=28&sel=Detail%3B229_176_68682_68682 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=28&sel=Detail%3B229_176_48676_48676 http://www.alternate.de/ http://www.newegg.com/ In some countries , the prices may be much higher than in those list prices . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk