Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:33:04 -0700 From: Eric Anholt <anholt@FreeBSD.org> To: Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files src/sys/i386/conf NOTES src/sys/amd64/conf NOTES src/sys/modules/drm/radeon Makefile src/sys/dev/drm ati_pcigart.c drmP.h drm_agpsupport.c drm_pciids.h r128_cce.c r300_cmdbuf.c r300_reg.h radeon_cp.c radeon_drm.h ... Message-ID: <1121898784.4260.33.camel@leguin> In-Reply-To: <20050720222617.GZ39292@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> References: <200507202110.j6KLAvvZ011985@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050720222617.GZ39292@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 00:26 +0200, Jeremie Le Hen wrote: > Hi Eric, > > > anholt 2005-07-20 21:10:57 UTC > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > Modified files: > > sys/conf files > > sys/i386/conf NOTES > > sys/amd64/conf NOTES > > sys/modules/drm/radeon Makefile > > sys/dev/drm ati_pcigart.c drmP.h drm_agpsupport.c > > drm_pciids.h r128_cce.c radeon_cp.c > > radeon_drm.h radeon_drv.h radeon_state.c > > Added files: > > sys/dev/drm r300_cmdbuf.c r300_reg.h > > Log: > > Add the latest r300 code from r300.sf.net. This is based on the patch supplied > > by Vladimir Dergachev for inclusion in DRM CVS, with minor modifications for > > FreeBSD CVS and the appropriate license from Nicolai Haehnle on r300_reg.h. > > Fixes hangs when using r300.sf.net userland, tested on a Radeon 9600 on amd64. > > First of all, thanks for your work. > > I'm the happy (?) owner on an ATI Radeon Mobility X700. It seems that > ATI stopped releasing specs from their chips and that they now release > binary drivers for Windows and Linux. As usual, FreeBSD is forgotten > (and I don't even speak of other BSD, unfortunately). This chip belongs > to the same family as the X800 one, their codename are respectively > RV410 and R420. With time, I accepted the inevitable that I won't have > hardware acceleration support in X for some time, but given that you > worked a bit on the drm/radeon module, I thought that you could possibly > know if this driver has good chances to support this chip family someday > or if I can simply go on a pilgrimage and drop a candle each day at > church to pray that ATI will open their chip specification in the future. It should be supported. If the drm doesn't probe, try adding your PCI id to drm_pciids.h, and chances are reasonable that it'll work. -- Eric Anholt eta@lclark.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/ anholt@FreeBSD.org
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?1121898784.4260.33.camel>