swift 05/07/02 12:51:40 Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en ati-faq.xml Log: #96570 - Language fixes, no content change, first set
Revision Changes Path 1.28 +27 -24 xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.28&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.28&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml.diff?r1=1.27&r2=1.28&cvsroot=gentoo Index: ati-faq.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.27 retrieving revision 1.28 diff -u -r1.27 -r1.28 --- ati-faq.xml 28 Jun 2005 16:04:36 -0000 1.27 +++ ati-faq.xml 2 Jul 2005 12:51:39 -0000 1.28 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.27 2005/06/28 16:04:36 neysx Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.28 2005/07/02 12:51:39 swift Exp $ --> <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> <guide link="/doc/en/ati-faq.xml"> @@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ Almost every ATI board is supported by <uri link="http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/xorg";>xorg-x11</uri>, at least for the 2D accelerated features. The 3D support is provided either by <uri -link="http://dri.sf.net";>the DRI project</uri>, which is already present inside -the xorg-x11, or by closed source drivers <uri -link="http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html";> -provided</uri> by ATI. +link="http://dri.sf.net";>the DRI project</uri> which is part of xorg-x11, +or by ATI's <uri +link="http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html";>closed +source drivers</uri>. </p> <table> @@ -78,41 +78,42 @@ <body> <p> -The multimedia features are actually supported by <uri -link="http://gatos.sf.net";>the GATOS project</uri>, the GATOS drivers will be +The board's multimedia features are supported by <uri +link="http://gatos.sf.net";>the GATOS project</uri>. These drivers will be merged in the xorg tree shortly. </p> </body> </section> <section> -<title>I'm not using an x86. What are my options?</title> +<title>I'm not using an x86-based architecture. What are my options?</title> <body> <p> -You have almost the same x11 support on PPC or Alpha platform but you can't -use the ATI closed source drivers. That means that you can't use the r300 3d -features at all. If you have such a board and you want it supported by x11, -you should contact <uri link="http://www.ati.com";>ATI</uri> and ask them to open -the specs. Recently the AMD64 closed source driver has been released. AMD64 -users can use it as the x86 users. +X11 support on the PPC or Alpha platforms is quite similar to x86 X11 support. +However, ATI's closed source drivers are not supported on the PPC or Alpha, so +you cannot use the 3D features of the R300 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). If +you have such a board and want it supported by X11, contact +<uri link="http://www.ati.com";>ATI</uri> and ask them to release the +specifications for your system's GPU. The closed source driver for the AMD64 +was released, so AMD64 users can now enjoy the same features as x86 users. </p> <impo> -In order to enable the agpgart for certain AMD64 chip sets you have to disable -the K8 IOMMU support +To enable agpgart support for certain AMD64 chip sets, you have to disable +support for the K8 IOMMU. </impo> </body> </section> <section> -<title>I have a laptop. Is my "mobility" ATI model supported?</title> +<title>I have a laptop. Is my ATI Mobility model supported?</title> <body> <p> -It should be but you may have a configuration issue due to the OEM PCI id that -such chips may have. In most cases you may have to write the configuration file -yourself or use the <c>xorgconfig</c>. +It should be, but you may have a configuration issue due to the OEM PCI id that +such chips may have. In most cases you may have to write the configuration file +yourself or use the <c>xorgconfig</c> utility. </p> </body> @@ -167,8 +168,9 @@ <body> <p> -It is suggested the use of <c>xorgcfg</c>, <c>xorgconfig</c> or directly by -using the Xorg auto configuration option: +The use of <c>xorgcfg</c> or <c>xorgconfig</c> to generate the +<path>xorg.conf</path> configuration file is suggested. Alternatively, you +may use the Xorg auto configuration option: </p> <pre caption="Autoconfiguring X"> @@ -182,11 +184,12 @@ </p> <note> -Users of the ati-drivers can also use <c>fglrxconfig</c>. +You can use <c>fglrxconfig</c> if you have installed the <c>ati-drivers</c> +package. </note> <impo> -PPC users could use the <c>Xautoconf</c> stand alone configuration tool by +PPC users could use the <c>Xautoconf</c> stand-alone configuration tool by emerging the <c>Xautoconf</c> ebuild, but isn't required. </impo> -- [email protected] mailing list
