Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 13:43:17 +0100 From: Niclas Zeising <zeising+freebsd@daemonic.se> To: Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATI graphics card on FreeBSD10: Xorg -configure fails (No DRICreatePCIBusID symbol) Message-ID: <530749E5.8090905@daemonic.se> In-Reply-To: <139525.53330.bm@smtp119.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <CAN6yY1t9rCxuqmeqq1DBAqVbe9Xs%2BL_ZRmSjLVh5_cEjgFJ5sw@mail.gmail.com> <614128.37875.bm@smtp116.sbc.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <5307308E.20509@daemonic.se> <139525.53330.bm@smtp119.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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On 02/21/14 13:15, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> On 02/21/14 07:57, Thomas Mueller wrote: > >>> Regarding WITH_GALLIUM, how would you design such parameters for an installation that could run on a wide variety of computers? > >> The WITH_KMS option was removed some time ago, KMS is now the default >> with building WITH_NEW_XORG. With regards to gallium, that had to be >> made an option, since it brings in heavy dependencies in the form of >> llvm, which might not be desirable if compiling on slower computers. > >> There are more instructions and information on >> https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics#Ports > >> Regards! > -- >> Niclas > > Probability that I would actually use gallium from my USB-stick installation is really low, so I do best to avoid the unnecessary freight. > > To run on a wide variety of computers, there is the sissy way, namely vesa, to avoid the error-prone attempt to simultaneously optimize for may different systems. Gallium is needed to get hardware acceleration if you are using ATI hardware with KMS. Regards! -- Niclas
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