Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:08:18 +0000 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD E-350 Message-ID: <AANLkTikvPufLFZ-iXbNXfEC8yfROCJZfwo8=av_qJjrA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201103141440.p2EEevsN073309@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <4D7DFED9.5000203@comcast.net> <201103141440.p2EEevsN073309@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> wro= te: > Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > =C2=A0> Oliver Fromme wrote: > =C2=A0> > Just a quick question ... =C2=A0I plan to buy a small fanless > =C2=A0> > box based on the AMD E-350 processor. =C2=A0The box is intended > =C2=A0> > to be used for web surfing in the living room, and possibly > =C2=A0> > also as a media player. =C2=A0Is the built-in Radeon graphics o= f > =C2=A0> > the AMD E-350 supported by FreeBSD + Xorg? =C2=A0Or will I have > =C2=A0> > to install "that other OS"? > =C2=A0> > =C2=A0> I can't say definitively if modesetting will work with the radeon= driver > =C2=A0> on FreeBSD, but I can say definitively that it doesn't provide an= y 2D or > =C2=A0> 3D acceleration. > > Good to know. =C2=A0That means it's basically useless. > > =C2=A0> On a somewhat related note... =C2=A0I heard that the work the Fre= eBSD > =C2=A0> Foundation and iXsystems is paying for in regards to KMS > =C2=A0> (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2011-Februar= y/001361.html) > =C2=A0> is limited to Intel GPUs. =C2=A0Can someone please confirm or den= y that > =C2=A0> depressing bit of information? > > Uhm ... =C2=A0No idea, but if that's true, it might make sense > for me to wait a bit and buy a board based on the new intel > "Sandy Bridge" Core i3-2100T or similar with built-in > graphics. =C2=A0Provided that one's supported then. > > Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be much choice when > building a low-noise and low-power surf box for the living > room based on FreeBSD. =C2=A0Atom boards run (mostly), but they > don't have HDMI output with full HD support. =C2=A0AMD E-350 is > not supported by FreeBSD, as you wrote above ... =C2=A0Not much > left ... > > Best regards > =C2=A0 Oliver > Any atom board with nvidia ion graphics will be able to use hw acceleration (vdpau) to decode full hd x264 and output over HDMI, eg http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=3D12677 I use a much weaker nvidia graphics card and can decode 1080p HD broadcasts with full acceleration. You can also get ion boards with a S775 socket, if you want a little more CPU oomph. Cheers Tom
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