Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 15:16:58 -0700 From: Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> Cc: "Herminio Hernandez, Jr." <herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com>, FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Message-ID: <CAHSQbTCfEOYwpE1JDaZJH9QymxNvg5T1RW1DV9bmX4Ngi%2B%2BTdA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20150805185841.GA61013@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAJRA9dy=_QKTpgQreZtYjo8ZzW6QTJ6N=De0m9G6NW4DMCRnyg@mail.gmail.com> <CAHSQbTCDkRV1znAJxCiaW22kZTsfikrVUuYZnmOk4YFCU9kE0w@mail.gmail.com> <20150805185841.GA61013@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 11:26:37AM -0700, Justin Hibbits wrote: >> Try adding the following line into the card's Section "Device" of xorg.conf: >> >> Option "NoAccel" "true" >> >> I needed to add this option on my PowerBooks, with ATI graphics, using >> the xf86-video-ati-ums driver. > > Speaking of Apple iBooks/PowerBooks, and given than ATI (AMD) cards are > currently one of the best supported in post-KMS world, are there chances > to get them fully accelerated working in the foreseeable future? > > ./danfe I *think* all that's needed is atomic64 emulation. I had written a patch implementing them, but it utterly failed to compile for most architectures. If I didn't have to worry about userspace or the opensolaris atomic64 emulation, it wouldn't be too difficult. Anyone else wants a crack at it, feel free. - Justin
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