Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:24:31 -0500 From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: gljennjohn@googlemail.com Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: suggested xorg-compatible video HW for FreeBSD/amd64 ? Message-ID: <CAOgwaMuYaDPX3FPtMet%2BfoXJ8vpu6-kJuM64sK5zDCRgPoN1qQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20111129100035.24025c26@ernst.jennejohn.org> References: <20111128092008.GA58668@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <20111128123915.540564b1@ernst.jennejohn.org> <CAN6yY1vHOhs6LBtj7egg7fH39gQKu0eECNEU10Nf1s7i6By4sw@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111281838240.12923@wonkity.com> <20111129100035.24025c26@ernst.jennejohn.org>
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On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 4:00 AM, Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@googlemail.com>wrote: > On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:46:23 -0700 (MST) > Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> 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
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