Is there any reason no to enable x86 PCI support on Radeon?
José Fonseca
----- Forwarded message from Keith Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 19:19:24 +0000
From: Keith Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Dri-users] help selecting a graphics card, and some general questions
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't know about the Radeon 7500 specifically but I have a Radeon 7000 PCI
and after some reseacrh have been able to get it working. This includes
accelerated 3D. It did require a fairish amount of work on my part. For
those interested I basically did the following.
1). Downloaded, compiled and installed XFree 4.2.1
2). Checked out latest CVS of DRI.
3). Basically followed the compile guide from the DRI web site with the
following file changes before running the compile.
- Edited the following file:
- "programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/ati/radeon_dri.c"
- "programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/drm/kernel/radeon_cp.c"
- "programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/shared/drm/kernel/radeon_cp.c"
In each case I changed this (it's near the top) :
#if defined(__alpha__) || defined(__powerpc__)
# define PCIGART_ENABLED
#else
# undef PCIGART_ENABLED
#endif
to this :
/*
*#if defined(__alpha__) || defined(__powerpc__)
*# define PCIGART_ENABLED
*#else
*# undef PCIGART_ENABLED
*#endif
*/
#define PCIGART_ENABLED
- Edit the xc/config/cf/host.def file as follows
- Uncommet the line the read :
- #define BuildXF86DRM YES
- Added the following at the bottom :
#define XVendorString "Gentoo Linux (XFree86 4.2.1, revision r1)"
#define OptimizedCDebugFlags -march=i686 -O3 -pipe
#define OptimizedCplusplusDebugFlags -march=i686 -O3 -pipe
#define GccWarningOptions -Wno-return-type -w
#define HasMMXSupport YES
#define MesaUseMMX YES
#define Has3DNowSupport NO
#define MesaUse3DNow NO
#define HasLinuxInput YES
#define XtermWithI18N YES
4). And than as I said I followed the DRI compilation guide. The lines at the
bottom of the host.def are probably not needed but I use Gentoo Linux and I
noticed they're install procedure placed them there before runinng the
compile of XFree so I thought I'd do the same.
Any way I now have full accelerated 2 and 3D. Chromium, and Tuxracer run
wonderfully and I'mm thinking of installing others to start drawing the rest
of the family over to Linux so I can dump a old Windows box I've kept around
for gaming.
On Sunday 01 December 2002 11:24 pm, Yun Zhou wrote:
> On Sunday 01 December 2002 16:47 pm, you wrote:
> > Can someone help me select a graphics card?
> > Price is not a concern, but the driver and performance are.
> > I've looked at ATI and NVidia, so far.
> > I do not care whether I
> > use a DRI driver, a manufacturer's driver, or whatever.
> > But the driver should be very stable, and
> > use the 3D hardware acceleration capabilites of the card.
> > I rely on fast 3D transformations of 3D polygons and lighting
> > of polygons. The more polygons per second, the better.
> > I DO NOT use textures to any significant extent.
> >
> > Do graphics cards with large (say 128M) memories use this memory
> > for textures only, or can they store OpenGL display lists too?
> > I am doing 3D molecular modelling using OpenGL code I've written
> > and I make extensive use of display lists.
> >
> > I understand how one can tell if direct rendering is being used
> > using glxinfo. Does this apply to all drivers, even ones from
> > the manufacturer? In other words, Does the "direct" in the
> > direct rendering output of glxinfo
> > simply mean "using the direct rendering interface (DRI)" ?
> >
> > Finally, I need to use the ~latest OpenGL/Mesa 1.3/4.0.4 which has
> > corrected bugs in earlier verions, namely the one included in XFree86
> > 1.2/3.4.2 in the RedHat 8.0 distribution I'm using.
> > I have not rebuilt any part of the kernel nor XFree86, merely
> > compiled Mesa and put the .so's in /usr/lib.
> > The driver for my ideal graphics card would have to allow this
> > without rebuilding the kernel or XFree86.
> >
> > Is there a card/driver out there for me?
> > Is there a better place to post these questions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > TJ O'Donnell
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Then I would recommend an nVidia card. Although the geForce4 is somewhat
> lacking compared to the new ATI Radeon 9700, it would be the best as the
> driver is manufacturer made, and is very stable and reliable. From my
> expierence, configuring and installing DRI is a pain, and I gave up
> entirely when I found out that my Radeon 7500 PCI wasn't supported at all.
>
> As a follow up, will there be any drivers for ATI Radeon PCI cards anytime
> soon?
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