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Date:      Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:36:01 -0700
From:      Kip Macy <kip.macy@gmail.com>
To:        Nenhum_de_Nos <matheus@eternamente.info>
Cc:        freebsd-x11 <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [HEADS UP] Radeon r6/7xx drm code to be committed
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I have an HD4850 and it works well. Unfortunately it is the one from
ASUS where only one port does dual-link.

-Kip

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Nenhum_de_Nos <matheus@eternamente.info> w=
rote:
>
> On Mon, March 9, 2009 13:53, Robert Noland wrote:
>> On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 12:16 -0400, Robert Huff wrote:
>>> Gary Jennejohn writes:
>>>
>>> > =A0> > =A0This should work on pretty much all Radeon r600+ cards (and=
 the
>>> older
>>> > =A0> > =A0stuff as well). =A0With the appropriate X drivers, you shou=
ld get
>>> EXA
>>> > =A0> > =A0accelleration and Xv. =A03d is not available yet, afaik.
>>> > =A0>
>>> >
>>> > =A0This is kernel code and has nothing directly to do with ports.
>>>
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0Let me be more specific.
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0Assuming I'm using a 3850, which I believe is the RV670
>>> chipset, is there anything I will need to change in xorg.conf (or
>>> elsewhere) to take advantage of/not break the new code?
>>
>> rv670 is what I'm testing on... I tried to put a few details in the
>> commit message.
>>
>> Basically, for R600+ you have to force DRI on for the moment. =A0You
>> should also be using exa.
>>
>> So, right now, I'm using radeonhd from git master, with :
>>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Driver =A0 =A0 =A0"radeonhd"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 VendorName =A0"ATI Technologies Inc"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 BoardName =A0 "RV670PRO [Radeon HD 3850]"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 BusID =A0 =A0 =A0 "PCI:1:0:0"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Option =A0 =A0 =A0"DRI"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Option =A0 =A0 =A0"AccelMethod" "EXA"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Option =A0 =A0 =A0"Audio"
>> EndSection
>>
>> robert.
>>
>>>
>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Robert Huff
>>>
>> --
>> Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org>
>> FreeBSD
>
> I'm planning to move from nVidia to ATi, and all this work is what makes
> me do that. This code you're talking about, would benefit a HD4850 ?
>
> thanks,
>
> matheus
>
> --
> We will call you cygnus,
> The God of balance you shall be
>
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