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Date:      Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:11:38 +0100
From:      Christopher Illies <christopher.illies@ki.se>
To:        Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 7.0-snap on iBook G4 + few questions
Message-ID:  <20051114071138.GA74462@Klabautermann.ks.se>
In-Reply-To: <4375CE69.3040007@freebsd.org>
References:  <20051112103316.GA59950@Klabautermann.ks.se> <4375CE69.3040007@freebsd.org>

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On Sat, Nov 12, 2005 at 09:13:45PM +1000, Peter Grehan wrote:
> >Second question: My iBook has a radeon graphics card. According to the
> >the freebsd ppc web site a special driver (radeon_driver.c) is needed.
> >Where should this file be put to be compiled? In the xorg source tree?
> 
>  In the /usr/ports/x11-servers/xorg-server/ port, do a 'make patch'.
> Then drop radeo_driver.c into
> 
>   work/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/ati/
> 
>  ... and 'make' as per normal.
> 
>  The patch was done a while back: I hope that it still does the right 
> thing, since the Xorg port has probably changed since then.

It worked on my iBook, using a ports tree from Nov 12. Xorg starts and works fine.

Christopher




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