Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:08:18 +0000 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD E-350 Message-ID: <AANLkTikvPufLFZ-iXbNXfEC8yfROCJZfwo8=av_qJjrA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201103141440.p2EEevsN073309@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <4D7DFED9.5000203@comcast.net> <201103141440.p2EEevsN073309@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> wrote: > Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > > Just a quick question ... I plan to buy a small fanless > > > box based on the AMD E-350 processor. The box is intended > > > to be used for web surfing in the living room, and possibly > > > also as a media player. Is the built-in Radeon graphics of > > > the AMD E-350 supported by FreeBSD + Xorg? Or will I have > > > to install "that other OS"? > > > > I can't say definitively if modesetting will work with the radeon driver > > on FreeBSD, but I can say definitively that it doesn't provide any 2D or > > 3D acceleration. > > Good to know. That means it's basically useless. > > > On a somewhat related note... I heard that the work the FreeBSD > > Foundation and iXsystems is paying for in regards to KMS > > (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2011-February/001361.html) > > is limited to Intel GPUs. Can someone please confirm or deny that > > depressing bit of information? > > Uhm ... No idea, but if that's true, it might make sense > for me to wait a bit and buy a board based on the new intel > "Sandy Bridge" Core i3-2100T or similar with built-in > graphics. Provided that one's supported then. > > Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be much choice when > building a low-noise and low-power surf box for the living > room based on FreeBSD. Atom boards run (mostly), but they > don't have HDMI output with full HD support. AMD E-350 is > not supported by FreeBSD, as you wrote above ... Not much > left ... > > Best regards > Oliver > Any atom board with nvidia ion graphics will be able to use hw acceleration (vdpau) to decode full hd x264 and output over HDMI, eg http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12677 I use a much weaker nvidia graphics card and can decode 1080p HD broadcasts with full acceleration. You can also get ion boards with a S775 socket, if you want a little more CPU oomph. Cheers Tom
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