Re: PCI GART (?)

2001-02-13 Thread Ion Badulescu

On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 12:09:32 + (GMT), Michèl Alexandre Salim 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Currently running the XFree 4.0.2 from RH 7.0.90 (7.1
> beta, Fisher) on top of my RH 7 + Ximian system and
> when using aviplay it doesn't use any acceleration
> features at all, consequently choppy display. The same
> file plays much better in Windows.

Get the XFree ati.2 drivers from http://www.linuxvideo.org/gatos/,
and you will have hardware scaling. DRI is not supported yet.

> Xdpyinfo shows that Xvideo and Xrender are both
> loaded, so I presume they *should* work.

xvinfo is a bit more informative about these things.

Ion

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Re: PCI GART (?)

2001-02-13 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt

>> I have RTFM but on the matter of enabling DRI for the
>> ATI Mobility video chipset, which on that notebook is
>> a PCI model, there is practically nil information. The
>> DRI website mentions using PCI GART, but there is no
>> option for that in the kernel. How do I enable this?
>
>You need to get XFree86 CVS and really the right place to ask
>is the XFree86 folks. The standard kernel doesnt include pcigart

Michel, FYI, PCI GART is a feature of the video chipset, not the host
bridge, and so is not directly related to the kernel (there's no generic
PCI GART driver like there is an AGP GART driver). AFAIK, the only PCI
GART implementation so far is for rage 128 (or derived, like the M3), and
is available in the "ati-pcigart-0-0-1-branch" DRI CVS branch. You need
to compile the DRM inside this X server version, not the kernel one.

Ben.



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Re: PCI GART (?)

2001-02-13 Thread Mike A. Harris

On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Michèl Alexandre Salim wrote:

>This might not be the proper place to ask - my
>apologies - but since it pertains to the Sony
>Picturebook (C1VE - Crusoe) that people have been
>discussing on this list anyway, I hope people don't
>mind too much :)
>
>I have RTFM but on the matter of enabling DRI for the
>ATI Mobility video chipset, which on that notebook is
>a PCI model, there is practically nil information. The
>DRI website mentions using PCI GART, but there is no
>option for that in the kernel. How do I enable this?
>
>Currently running the XFree 4.0.2 from RH 7.0.90 (7.1
>beta, Fisher) on top of my RH 7 + Ximian system and
>when using aviplay it doesn't use any acceleration
>features at all, consequently choppy display. The same
>file plays much better in Windows.
>
>Xdpyinfo shows that Xvideo and Xrender are both
>loaded, so I presume they *should* work.

http://dri.sourceforge.net


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Re: PCI GART (?)

2001-02-13 Thread Alan Cox

> I have RTFM but on the matter of enabling DRI for the
> ATI Mobility video chipset, which on that notebook is
> a PCI model, there is practically nil information. The
> DRI website mentions using PCI GART, but there is no
> option for that in the kernel. How do I enable this?

You need to get XFree86 CVS and really the right place to ask
is the XFree86 folks. The standard kernel doesnt include pcigart

> Xdpyinfo shows that Xvideo and Xrender are both
> loaded, so I presume they *should* work.

Could be your aviplay doesnt support it.
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Re: PCI GART (?)

2001-02-13 Thread Alan Cox

 I have RTFM but on the matter of enabling DRI for the
 ATI Mobility video chipset, which on that notebook is
 a PCI model, there is practically nil information. The
 DRI website mentions using PCI GART, but there is no
 option for that in the kernel. How do I enable this?

You need to get XFree86 CVS and really the right place to ask
is the XFree86 folks. The standard kernel doesnt include pcigart

 Xdpyinfo shows that Xvideo and Xrender are both
 loaded, so I presume they *should* work.

Could be your aviplay doesnt support it.
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Re: PCI GART (?)

2001-02-13 Thread Mike A. Harris

On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Michl Alexandre Salim wrote:

This might not be the proper place to ask - my
apologies - but since it pertains to the Sony
Picturebook (C1VE - Crusoe) that people have been
discussing on this list anyway, I hope people don't
mind too much :)

I have RTFM but on the matter of enabling DRI for the
ATI Mobility video chipset, which on that notebook is
a PCI model, there is practically nil information. The
DRI website mentions using PCI GART, but there is no
option for that in the kernel. How do I enable this?

Currently running the XFree 4.0.2 from RH 7.0.90 (7.1
beta, Fisher) on top of my RH 7 + Ximian system and
when using aviplay it doesn't use any acceleration
features at all, consequently choppy display. The same
file plays much better in Windows.

Xdpyinfo shows that Xvideo and Xrender are both
loaded, so I presume they *should* work.

http://dri.sourceforge.net


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Re: PCI GART (?)

2001-02-13 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt

 I have RTFM but on the matter of enabling DRI for the
 ATI Mobility video chipset, which on that notebook is
 a PCI model, there is practically nil information. The
 DRI website mentions using PCI GART, but there is no
 option for that in the kernel. How do I enable this?

You need to get XFree86 CVS and really the right place to ask
is the XFree86 folks. The standard kernel doesnt include pcigart

Michel, FYI, PCI GART is a feature of the video chipset, not the host
bridge, and so is not directly related to the kernel (there's no generic
PCI GART driver like there is an AGP GART driver). AFAIK, the only PCI
GART implementation so far is for rage 128 (or derived, like the M3), and
is available in the "ati-pcigart-0-0-1-branch" DRI CVS branch. You need
to compile the DRM inside this X server version, not the kernel one.

Ben.



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