suggested xorg-compatible video HW for FreeBSD/amd64 ?

Tue Nov 29 10:24:32 UTC 2011

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 4:00 AM, Gary Jennejohn
<gljennjohn at googlemail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:46:23 -0700 (MST)
> Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 28 Nov 2011, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> >
> > > Just a quick reminder as it seems to be forgotten too often...radeonhd
> > > has not been supported or updated in a long time and is generally a
> > > bad choice. Modern Radeon (4xxx) is supported much better with the ati
> > > driver which is still getting some love.
> > >
> > > Since Radeon is open-source, you might expect good support, but it
> > > also depends on kernel mode setting and requires custom KMS DRI code
> > > in the kernel which I am not sure anyone is working on for FreeBSD.
> > >
> > > Maybe when the Intel KMS is completed...
> >
> > The Foundation has expressed interest in funding someone to work on it.
> > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=27255
> >
> > Spread the word.
> >
> > Kostik Belousov has said he won't be workin on the radeon driver.
> > Don't know why.  If anyone can be found to work on it, I'm pretty sure a
> > bunch of people would be willing to individually contribute additional
> > funding or hardware.
>
> I don't think he wants to take on TTM.  Could also be that he doesn't
> have any hardware, which would IMO be a major problem for whomever
> takes this on considering the rate at which AMD/ATI brings new chips
> to market.  High-end cards, which are usually the first to market, can
> be quite expensive.
>
> --
> Gary Jennejohn
>

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.

Thank you very much .

Mehmet Erol Sanliturk