cvs commit: src/sys/conf files src/sys/i386/conf NOTES src/sys/amd64/conf NOTES src/sys/modules/drm/radeon Makefile src/sys/dev/drm ati_pcigart.c drmP.h drm_agpsupport.c drm_pciids.h r128_cce.c r300_cmdbuf.c r300_reg.h radeon_cp.c radeon_drm.h ...

[Eric Anholt]

On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 00:26 +0200, Jeremie Le Hen wrote:
> Hi Eric,
> 
> > anholt      2005-07-20 21:10:57 UTC
> > 
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/conf             files 
> >     sys/i386/conf        NOTES 
> >     sys/amd64/conf       NOTES 
> >     sys/modules/drm/radeon Makefile 
> >     sys/dev/drm          ati_pcigart.c drmP.h drm_agpsupport.c 
> >                          drm_pciids.h r128_cce.c radeon_cp.c 
> >                          radeon_drm.h radeon_drv.h radeon_state.c 
> >   Added files:
> >     sys/dev/drm          r300_cmdbuf.c r300_reg.h 
> >   Log:
> >   Add the latest r300 code from r300.sf.net.  This is based on the patch supplied
> >   by Vladimir Dergachev for inclusion in DRM CVS, with minor modifications for
> >   FreeBSD CVS and the appropriate license from Nicolai Haehnle on r300_reg.h.
> >   Fixes hangs when using r300.sf.net userland, tested on a Radeon 9600 on amd64.
> 
> First of all, thanks for your work.
> 
> I'm the happy (?) owner on an ATI Radeon Mobility X700.  It seems that
> ATI stopped releasing specs from their chips and that they now release
> binary drivers for Windows and Linux.  As usual, FreeBSD is forgotten
> (and I don't even speak of other BSD, unfortunately).  This chip belongs
> to the same family as the X800 one, their codename are respectively
> RV410 and R420.  With time, I accepted the inevitable that I won't have
> hardware acceleration support in X for some time, but given that you
> worked a bit on the drm/radeon module, I thought that you could possibly
> know if this driver has good chances to support this chip family someday
> or if I can simply go on a pilgrimage and drop a candle each day at
> church to pray that ATI will open their chip specification in the future.

It should be supported.  If the drm doesn't probe, try adding your PCI
id to drm_pciids.h, and chances are reasonable that it'll work.

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Eric Anholt                                     eta at lclark.edu
http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/              anholt at FreeBSD.org