From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 28 11:08:57 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 EDFF0C75 for ; Tue, 28 May 2013 11:08:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zeising@freebsd.org) Received: from mail.lysator.liu.se (mail.lysator.liu.se [IPv6:2001:6b0:17:f0a0::3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0BE8E63 for ; Tue, 28 May 2013 11:08:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.lysator.liu.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED4E04002B for ; Tue, 28 May 2013 13:08:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix, from userid 1004) id E1E3940017; Tue, 28 May 2013 13:08:56 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on bernadotte.lysator.liu.se X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 Received: from mx.daemonic.se (h-45-105.a163.priv.bahnhof.se [94.254.45.105]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 60CDB40002; Tue, 28 May 2013 13:08:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mailscanner.daemonic.se (mailscanner.daemonic.se [IPv6:2001:470:dca9:0:1::6]) by mx.daemonic.se (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3bKXP41cl4z8hVn; Tue, 28 May 2013 13:08:56 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daemonic.se Received: from mx.daemonic.se ([10.1.0.3]) (using TLS with cipher CAMELLIA256-SHA) by mailscanner.daemonic.se (mailscanner.daemonic.se [10.1.0.6]) (amavisd-new, port 10025) with ESMTPS id rQIUQLyy5g5X; Tue, 28 May 2013 13:08:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.daemonic.se (mail.daemonic.se [IPv6:2001:470:dca9:0:1::4]) by mx.daemonic.se (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3bKXNy1cvzz8hVm; Tue, 28 May 2013 13:08:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (celes.daemonic.se [IPv6:2001:470:dca9:1::3]) by mail.daemonic.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3bKXNy0v0hz9Ctq; Tue, 28 May 2013 13:08:50 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <51A49044.1010208@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 13:08:52 +0200 From: Niclas Zeising User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Warren Block Subject: Re: Support for ATI RV730 PCI adaptor References: <51A3CFDB.7090003@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 130527-1, 2013-05-27), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: Kevin Oberman , "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" 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: Tue, 28 May 2013 11:08:58 -0000 On 2013-05-28 00:32, Warren Block wrote: > 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. The 4850 works, that's what I use. Only software rasteriser though. I didn't know those RVxxx were so "messy". I thought they corresponded pretty much 1-to-1 to board models. Oh well. Regards! -- Niclas