From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 5 16:27:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7061D1065675 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:27:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com) Received: from schitzo.solgatos.com (pool-72-87-39-191.ptldor.fios.verizon.net [72.87.39.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F0F78FC16 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:27:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com) Received: from schitzo.solgatos.com (localhost.home.localnet [127.0.0.1]) by schitzo.solgatos.com (8.14.2/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m25GRpwD024915 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 08:27:51 -0800 Received: from sopwith.solgatos.com (uucp@localhost) by schitzo.solgatos.com (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) with UUCP id m25GRptw024911 for freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 08:27:51 -0800 Received: from localhost by sopwith.solgatos.com (8.8.8/6.24) id HAA15629; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 07:34:56 GMT Message-Id: <200803050734.HAA15629@sopwith.solgatos.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:32:16 EST." <200803050032.17324.itz@mushinsky.net> Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:34:56 +0000 From: Dieter Subject: Re: amd64 platform newbie -- what video card for x11? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:27:52 -0000 > > As for 8500GT - missing xv extension may or may not be a > > showstopper (but as you mentioned mplayer, it will :-(). The penguins have xv working on ATI up through R500 thanks to the docs that AMD/ATI have been releasing. Video decoding might be problematic on R600 since it is integrated with the DRM crap which they don't want to document. They may or may not find a way to document video decoding on R600. Also: 3D for R300,400,500 (3D for R600 coming soon.) "The 3D programming documentation today is 300 pages and is made up of a programming guide and register specifications. Among the areas covered in this 3D guide are the command processor, vertex shaders, fragment shaders, Hyper-Z, and the various 3D registers." Docs are available here: http://ati.amd.com/developer/open_gpu_documentation.html http://www.x.org/docs/AMD/ http://www.phoronix.com/ is a good place to watch for updates, (aside from their penguin bias). My question is: how much of this is generic X11 and how much is OS specific (BSD vs Linux)? How long until BSD has xv/xvmc/vaapi support with no binary-only blobs?