Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:58:27 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Gary Jennejohn <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: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111290740570.17334@wonkity.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, 29 Nov 2011, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:46:23 -0700 (MST) > Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: >> >> 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. Possibly getting KMS working for Radeons in general would get most of the radeon driver-supported hardware working. The Foundation sometimes provide hardware, and interested parties have been known to loan or contribute cards they particularly want supported, or at least test on their hardware. The major trick is finding someone with the rare combination of skill in kernel, drivers, and video hardware, and the time/motivation to make the changes. What Kostik Belousov has done in a few months on the Intel driver is amazing.
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