On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, AMD-760MP wrote:

>Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 18:02:03 -0500
>From: AMD-760MP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Trond Eivind Glomsrød <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Content-Type: text/plain;
>       charset="iso-8859-1"
>List-Id: <dri-devel.lists.sourceforge.net>
>Subject: Re: Radeon problem
>
>> > Our policy is the following:
>> > We only submit kernel changes which will be compatible with the latest
>> > XFree86 release to the kernel.  When there is a new XFree86 release,
>> > there will be updates.  This does not include bugfixes which are
>> > backwards compatible, which we tend to send more frequently.
>>
>> But there has never been an official release for Radeon - hence, no
>> such problems. 4.0.3 doesn't support Radeon, AFAIR.
>
>>From XFree86.org's driver status page:
>
>4.0.3: Accelerated support is provided for Mach64, Rage, Rage 128 and Radeon
>chips.
>
>AFAIK, Radeon 3D is at least marginally functional in 4.0.3 as well.

Accellerated == 2D acceleration.

~/src/xf-4_0_3/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/ati$ dir radeon*
-rw-rw-r--    1 mharris     13989 Dec  8 09:41 radeon.h
-rw-rw-r--    1 mharris     34153 Nov 18 14:37 radeon_accel.c
-rw-rw-r--    1 mharris      8326 Nov 18 14:37 radeon_cursor.c
-rw-rw-r--    1 mharris     11077 Nov 21 18:10 radeon_dga.c
-rw-rw-r--    1 mharris     90856 Dec  8 09:40 radeon_driver.c
-rw-rw-r--    1 mharris      2526 Nov 18 14:37 radeon_misc.c
-rw-rw-r--    1 mharris      6493 Dec 12 21:45 radeon_probe.c
-rw-rw-r--    1 mharris      2744 Nov 18 14:37 radeon_probe.h
-rw-rw-r--    1 mharris     79124 Nov 18 14:37 radeon_reg.h
-rw-rw-r--    1 mharris      1684 Nov  2 11:55 radeon_version.h
-rw-rw-r--    1 mharris     21393 Dec 13 07:58 radeon_video.c

No radeon_dri.* == no DRI 3D.  You need XFree86 trunk code or DRI
CVS for Radeon 3D.

Hope this helps.


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