Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:30:01 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: Paul Schiro <tribblon@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What driver (and how) to use for Radeon HD 6950 these days Message-ID: <20140130143001.251eb9da@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <1391062054.1372.7.camel@ghostwheel.tribble.net> References: <CALy9RreuNB6PDZtTp3KYr9FVJARDoK%2B7xVpL3xwXj-aKB3RefA@mail.gmail.com> <20140130135214.397bb406@X220.alogt.com> <1391062054.1372.7.camel@ghostwheel.tribble.net>
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Hi,
On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:07:34 -0700
Paul Schiro <tribblon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
>
> On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 13:52 +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> > > Hi all... been an avid FreeBSD user since about 2.1.5... but its
> > > been
> >
> > as you started this, BSD since 1979. But only for a few hours.
>
> I was -1 year old, so...
so, you are a newcomer?
>
> > > To cut to the chase, I have a Radeon HD 6950 [ATI RV970].. after
> > > much
> >
> > Ask a search engine for WITH_NEW_XORG and WITH_GALLUIM in the
> > make.conf
>
> I've got the WITH_NEW_XORG and WITH_GALLIUM make.conf options in there
> already, and reinstalled all the xorg packages... but still had
Oh, you need to build from ports.
> trouble getting drm2 to work.... though I just used "pkg install"...
> I'm thinking I have to go through the pain of building all of it in
> ports... the more I think on it, the more that sounds right, since
> make.conf options probably aren't going to do anything for prebuilt
> binaries... d'oh!
Yes.
>
> > You also should check if this card is even supported. I use Intel at
> > the moment and do not know much more.
>
> Seems like it might be:
>
> $ grep 6950 /usr/src/sys/dev/drm2/drm_pciids.h
> {0x1002, 0x6719, CHIP_CAYMAN|RADEON_NEW_MEMMAP, "Cayman PRO
> [Radeon HD 6950]"}, \
>
> Other than that, no idea how to tell for sure at present...
>
> Guess I'll try rebuilding all of xorg with those make.conf options for
> now.
Yes, the kernel should have the rest even being a GENERIC. The ports
should load automatically the modules needed.
Erich
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