From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 25 16:36:40 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4952106566B for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:36:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adamk@voicenet.com) Received: from QMTA10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FB828FC23 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:36:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from OMTA04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.35]) by QMTA10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 9TaW1d00e0ldTLk5AUcfwZ; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:36:39 +0000 Received: from memory.visualtech.com ([67.103.204.242]) by OMTA04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 9UcV1d0025EJinX3QUcXg3; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:36:37 +0000 From: Adam K Kirchhoff To: Oliver Lehmann Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:36:28 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.1 (FreeBSD/9.0-CURRENT; KDE/4.3.1; i386; ; ) References: <20091124134558.a12d3f3b.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <20091124082619.5b345ffe@memory> <20091125171146.20f01d71.lehmann@ans-netz.de> In-Reply-To: <20091125171146.20f01d71.lehmann@ans-netz.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200911251136.28222.adamk@voicenet.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATI HD5850 support? X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:36:40 -0000 On Wednesday 25 November 2009 11:11:46 Oliver Lehmann wrote: > Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > > http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19446 > > > > Modesetting works, digital outputs don't, and none of the code has been > > committed. There is no timeframe yet, and you'd be stuck with the vesa > > driver till modesetting is committed. > > Ok, since it is hard right now to get a HD5850 anyway I guess I have to > wait until at least digital output is working (digital out and dual > monitor support i need at least). > Is there a place where I could "monitor" if the drivers gets updated with > rv8xx support? > > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-radeonhd > > There? Or would it be a "patchset" at first anyway so it won't pop up > there? > It will probably happen with the 'radeon' driver first, which is here: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati And it will most likely get added to git as soon as it's available for testing. You could also keep an eye on phoronix: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=home They tend to post on major updates to video drivers in the *nix world. Adam