Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:00:59 -0700 From: Kip Macy <kip.macy@gmail.com> To: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-x11 <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, Nenhum_de_Nos <matheus@eternamente.info>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] Radeon r6/7xx drm code to be committed Message-ID: <3c1674c90903121400s10c517f3i9714272d20a4ddc2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49B961B7.6020303@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <1236372641.1671.11.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <18869.10411.538031.500651@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20090309170833.42069a98@ernst.jennejohn.org> <18869.16614.1547.140164@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <1236617617.1680.17.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <cbd5e83705df83da94ccf77e469e9e29.squirrel@cygnus.homeunix.com> <3c1674c90903091036q4585519aja68d7f9bcd350010@mail.gmail.com> <49B961B7.6020303@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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radeon locks up my system, use radeonhd On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:25 PM, O. Hartmann <ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > Kip Macy wrote: >> 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= > wrote: >> >>> 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 (an= d the >>>>>> >>>>> older >>>>> >>>>>> =A0> > =A0stuff as well). =A0With the appropriate X drivers, you sho= uld 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 Huf= f >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> >>>> FreeBSD >>>> >>> I'm planning to move from nVidia to ATi, and all this work is what make= s >>> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" >> > I use a MSI HD4830 on a UP FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT/amd64 box with > > Driver =A0 "radeon" > > from ports/xorg-7.4. Without EXA and DRI the graphics card works well, > but when enabling EXA and/or DRI, system goes mustang. Ctrl-Alt-FX > doesn't bring back a console, the tty is 'blinking' as it looks like the > X server tries to start and fails. > > On another box, running FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT/amd64, but SMP and MSI > HD4670, with EXA and DRI enabled the whole box crashes immediately when > loading Xserver. Without EXA and DRI, leaving a windowmaker session and > therefore ending the Xserver kills the box, the OS dies and coredumps or > hangs forever with a tiled screen showing 3 rows of 6 columns of the > console screen on a 20,1 inch TFT. >
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