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Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] Radeon r6/7xx drm code to be committed
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Gary Jennejohn writes:

>  > >  This should work on pretty much all Radeon r600+ cards (and the older
>  > >  stuff as well).  With the appropriate X drivers, you should get EXA
>  > >  accelleration and Xv.  3d is not available yet, afaik.
>  > 
>  
>  This is kernel code and has nothing directly to do with ports.

	Let me be more specific.
	Assuming I'm using a 3850, which I believe is the RV670
chipset, is there anything I will need to change in xorg.conf (or
elsewhere) to take advantage of/not break the new code?


				Robert Huff