AMD A8-3870K with FreeBSD 9.0

[Thomas D. Dean]

On 04/20/12 09:10, Nikos zlulz wrote:

> The reason im writing here now is to ask (if anyone knows) if FreeBSD 9.0
> works (has drivers) with the Radeon HD 6550D (video card), AMD A8 has on it.
>
> Can i use the CPU for GPU too or i have to buy an other Graphics card ?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-x11 at freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"
>
>

The Radeon HD 6870 requires KMS which is not in FreeBSD 9.0.  I believe 
the same is true for the 6550.

This card can be used with the vesa driver by using
    Driver      "vesa"
in xorg.conf.

Tom Dean