[Xpert]Re: XF4.2 and RADEON Support
On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 09:44:58 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 List-Id: General X Discussion xpert.XFree86.Org Subject: XF4.2 and RADEON Support What is the current status of support (xf v4.2) in terms of an accelerated driver for the ATI RADEON cards, specifically the M6, 7500 and FireGL 7800 cards?? XFree86 4.2.0 supports the M6, 7500 however it doesn't support the FireGL 7800 out of the box. I have written a patch that adds support for the FireGL 7800 which seems to work for at least one user, however I do not have the hardware to officially test it on myself. The patch is included in Red Hat Linux 7.3 and has also been submitted to XFree86.org. You can dig the patch out of our src.rpm if you like as well, it is the following patch: # ATI Radeon Mobility M7 (LX) support - Mike A. Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Patch130: XFree86-4.2.0-ati-radeon-mobility-LX.patch I don't know if 3D works or not, and I haven't touched any 3D code in the above patch. If you try it out, and 3D works also, please let me know. Thanks. -- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
[Xpert]Re: XF4.2 and RADEON Support
On 18 Jun 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote: Date: 18 Jun 2002 09:55:50 +0200 From: Michel Dänzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 List-Id: General X Discussion xpert.XFree86.Org Subject: Re: XF4.2 and RADEON Support On Thu, 2002-06-13 at 15:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the current status of support (xf v4.2) in terms of an accelerated driver for the ATI RADEON cards, specifically the M6, 7500 2D, 3D, XVideo and dual head hardware support. and FireGL 7800 cards?? For FireGL cards ATI's binary drivers are probably the best bet. Not for this FireGL board however. ATI's binary drivers for FireGL are for the R200 hardware, specifically the FireGL 8700 and 8800, but also work with the 8500 to some degree of success. The RV200 boards are not supported by their drivers at all, at least to my knowledge. The FireGL 7800 is named FireGL, but it is basically a Radeon Mobility M7 with a different PCI ID, clocked higher. It is similar to a Radeon 7500 for all intents and purposes. I'm still interested in hearing if any Red Hat Linux 7.3 users with the FireGL 7800 have 3D working out of the box. 2D is reported to work fine. -- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
[Xpert]Re: XF4.2 and RADEON Support
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Mark Cuss wrote: Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 08:35:47 -0600 From: Mark Cuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 List-Id: General X Discussion xpert.XFree86.Org Subject: Re: XF4.2 and RADEON Support This will probably sound like a stupid question, but where does one find the ATI binary drivers? I've known about and used the Nvidia ones before, but I've never seen the ATI ones (barely heard of them, actually). If someone can point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it. http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/firegl/linux/linuxfiregl8x00x420131.html Officially for FireGL 8700/8800 only, but also works experimentally on 8500. Doesn't work on other hardware. -- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
