nightmorph 10/07/13 20:08:03 Modified: ati-faq.xml Log: clean up the ATI faq, add R800 (evergreen) support info. inspired by bug 307481.
Revision Changes Path 1.48 xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.48&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.48&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?r1=1.47&r2=1.48 Index: ati-faq.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.47 retrieving revision 1.48 diff -u -r1.47 -r1.48 --- ati-faq.xml 30 Nov 2009 08:35:32 -0000 1.47 +++ ati-faq.xml 13 Jul 2010 20:08:03 -0000 1.48 @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.47 2009/11/30 08:35:32 nightmorph Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.48 2010/07/13 20:08:03 nightmorph Exp $ --> <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> -<guide link="/doc/en/ati-faq.xml"> +<guide> <title>Gentoo Linux ATI FAQ</title> <author title="Author"> @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> <license/> -<version>1.8</version> -<date>2009-11-30</date> +<version>2</version> +<date>2010-07-13</date> <chapter> <title>Hardware Support</title> @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ATI's <uri link="http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html";>closed source drivers</uri>. ATI's closed source driver only supports R600 and newer -GPUs. Older GPUs will use the mature xorg-x11 driver. +GPUs. Older GPUs will use the mature open source xorg-x11 driver. </p> <table> @@ -79,17 +79,22 @@ </tr> <tr> <ti>R600</ti> - <ti>Radeon HD 2000 series</ti> + <ti>RadeonHD 2000 series</ti> <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> </tr> <tr> <ti>RV670</ti> - <ti>Radeon HD 3000 series</ti> + <ti>RadeonHD 3000 series</ti> <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> </tr> <tr> <ti>RV770</ti> - <ti>Radeon HD 4000 series</ti> + <ti>RadeonHD 4000 series</ti> + <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> +</tr> +<tr> + <ti>R800</ti> + <ti>RadeonHD 5000 series, "Evergreen"</ti> <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> </tr> </table> @@ -103,9 +108,7 @@ <body> <p> -The board's multimedia features are supported by <uri -link="http://gatos.sf.net";>the GATOS project</uri>. These drivers have been -merged into the Xorg tree. You don't need to use anything special; +You don't need to use anything special for the board's multimedia features; <c>x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati</c> will work just fine. </p> @@ -117,16 +120,14 @@ <p> 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. +However, ATI's closed source Catalyst drivers are not supported on the PPC or +Alpha, so you will have to use the open source drivers. The Catalyst drivers are +only available for x86 and AMD64. The open source xorg-x11 drivers should work +well on all architectures. </p> <impo> -To enable agpgart support for certain AMD64 chip sets, you have to disable +To enable agpgart support for certain old AMD64 chipsets, you have to disable support for the K8 IOMMU. </impo> @@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ <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 +such chips may have. In such cases, you may have to write the configuration file yourself. </p>
