Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:57:34 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Alberto Rizzi <greenant@fastmail.fm> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Missing /dev/agpgart Message-ID: <20070620175734.GC48660@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <46795965.5090203@fastmail.fm> References: <4677F9CC.9070907@fastmail.fm> <20070620140335.5481fff8@localhost> <4678C6B5.5040808@fastmail.fm> <20070620230734.78e650fd@localhost> <20070620164030.GA48660@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <46795965.5090203@fastmail.fm>
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--+xNpyl7Qekk2NvDX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 06:44:21PM +0200, Alberto Rizzi wrote: > Roland Smith ha scritto: > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 11:07:34PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: > >> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:18:29 +0200 > >> Alberto Rizzi <greenant@fastmail.fm> wrote: > >> > >>> Norberto Meijome ha scritto: > >>>> On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:44:12 +0200 > >>>> Alberto Rizzi <greenant@fastmail.fm> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I have a motherboard with a via PT880 and an agp video card Radeon = 9600XT > >>>>> > >>>>> I'm using 6-STABLE with "device agp" in the kernel configuration fi= le > >>>>> but the system doesn't create /dev/agpgart device > >>>> Hi Alberto, > >>>> have you loaded radeon.ko ? > >>>> > >>> Now radeon and drm are compiled in the kernel. But I have the same > >>> problem also if radeon and drm are dynamic modules. > >> loading the modules would have done the same as building into it, with > >> no build time :) > >> > >> sorry, I don't know ... so you still dont get any information about > >> the card in dmesg and pciconf still shows the card as none: ... ? > >=20 > > The latest chip that is supported by radeon & drm for 3D accelleration > > is the 9250 aka RV 280. The 9600 is much newer. It is only supported in > > 2D by Xorg's radeon driver. See radeon(4): > >=20 > > RV360 Radeon 9600XT (2d only) > >=20 > > Roland > Ok I know this, but I want 2D acceleration, but without /dev/agpgart I > don't have neither 3D nor 2D. > Am I right? Reading radeon(4) it implies that agp is only used when DRI is enabled. The AGP options and the BusType option are only used when DRI is enabled. It doesn't look like you need AGP for the 2D support. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --+xNpyl7Qekk2NvDX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGeWqOEnfvsMMhpyURAsLmAKCeCHla9XdYLo8hBoN2DMLkdTosCgCfQMKR Fkfh29ArLYxv0VUoT2kdbEc= =Osj8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+xNpyl7Qekk2NvDX--
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