From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 27 22:32:14 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55C64438; Mon, 27 May 2013 22:32:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16D8713B; Mon, 27 May 2013 22:32:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r4RMWA4f039377; Mon, 27 May 2013 16:32:10 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) with ESMTP id r4RMWASB039374; Mon, 27 May 2013 16:32:10 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 16:32:10 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Kevin Oberman Subject: Re: Support for ATI RV730 PCI adaptor In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <51A3CFDB.7090003@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="3512871622-1488208081-1369693930=:39305" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 27 May 2013 16:32:10 -0600 (MDT) Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" , Niclas Zeising X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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, 27 May 2013 22:32:14 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --3512871622-1488208081-1369693930=:39305 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Mon, 27 May 2013, Kevin Oberman wrote: > On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Warren Block wrote: > > RV730 should be one of the 4000-series.  The radeon(4) man page has a list.  My HD4650 shows up as RV730. > > glxinfo | grep renderer shows "OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer".  It is usable except for things like ioquake. > > > Guess I should have listed models as well as chip-set. Mine is the 4670HD > > Unfortunately, those GPUs did not align with board models. The RV730 was used in: > 4330/4350/4550/4650/4670/5145/5165/530v/545v/560v/565v > > So the 4850 used a slightly newer GPU that is not programming identical to the 730 and the 40xx-42xx used an older GPU from the RS series. But if NEW XORG works on the 4850HD, which is > at least an RV7xx, I strongly suspect that it will work with my card I have. Guess I'll take a shot at it and see what happens. I'll be installing it from home, so I won't know if it > actually works until I get into the office. (It's a holiday in the US.) I have an HD4850 I can test, but my impression is that hardware acceleration, either 2D or 3D, will have to wait for KMS support. --3512871622-1488208081-1369693930=:39305--