Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:45:31 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3d acceleration support for ATI or other Message-ID: <20070811124531.0aa2d127@deskjail> In-Reply-To: <20070810221354.0dab631d@localhost> References: <2C7306E2-C583-4F2A-A7CB-CE8308E8BB90@istop.com> <20070810133209.0d0eb77d@localhost> <46BC3E90.9030405@smo.de> <20070810221354.0dab631d@localhost>
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Quoting Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> (Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:13:54 +1000): > On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:31:44 +0200 > Philipp Ost <pj@smo.de> wrote: > > > IIRC they released a new version some time ago. You can find it here > > <http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html>; > > Unfortunatly the driver is only for Linux, but there is/was an attempt > > to port this driver to FreeBSD (not by ATi though...). > > yes... i still wonder whether installing all the linux-X related ports > under freebsd would allow us to run those linux drivers (probably not No. > as they , if memory serves me right) need some kernel module to be > loaded... there was a mention (in mobile@ or questions@) a while back Yes. > about someone actually using the linux drivers under freebsd (though > not sure how they got them working...i tried them and failed The linux Xorg drivers are OS independent (but not architecture independent) if done right. But the ATI (and NVidia) drivers need a kernel module, and the effort you are talking about was to write such a kernel module for FreeBSD. Bye, Alexander. -- zeal, n: Quality seen in new graduates -- if you're quick. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137
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