ATI on FreeBSD! FireGL Linux Driver Port

Joshua Tinnin krinklyfig at comcast.net
Mon Dec 26 23:10:37 PST 2005


On Mon 26 Dec 05 22:30, Chris Gilbert <Chris at lainos.org> wrote:
> Sure!
>
> Below is a support list based on what ATI reports the driver
> supports.
>
> Everything here should work as advertised, but to be sure, if you
> have success with a particular card then let me know and I'll mark
> the support as confirmed.
>
> It supports: (Put into a sane order, as opposed to what is on the ATI
> site)
<snip>
> Radeon® 9600 series

I have an ATI Radeon 9600XT, and I'm proud to report it's been working 
for the last hour with no problems. I can live without the 3D 
acceleration in FreeBSD, but 2D acceleration helps significantly. 
Finally using my card's memory instead of the system's.

- jt


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