AIGLX, ATI/AMD Radeons and FreeBSD -current

[Adam K Kirchhoff]

On Thursday 30 August 2007 11:16:40 Vladimir Grebenschikov wrote:
> В Thu, 30/08/2007 в 10:15 -0400, Coleman Kane пишет:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am curious what the state of AIGLX is using the ATI R300+ cards (I've
> > an rv350) under FreeBSD. I have been trying to track down what work is
> > being done on the problem.
> >
> > I see a number of references detailing that it *is* broken, but I am
> > having difficulty tracking down any progress or unofficial patches to
> > deal with fixing it... is there anybody who's actively working on fixing
> > this problem?
> >
> > I found PR 112984: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=112984
> > which documents some spotty working/not working cases... all referencing
> > 6.2-STABLE. Is this the only progress made so far? Is there any "working
> > solution" under -current (or does the -stable fix apply to -current
> > too)? Does the xorg-server-snap get better results?
> >
> > I'm hoping that someone else has already trudged through here and can
> > help shortcut what may be a drawn-out compile/test/debug/recompile
> > cycle...
>
> Have you tried native Linux drivers from ?
> http://www.fglrx-freebsd.com/index.php
>

About those drivers:

1) They don't support Xorg 7.*
2) They don't support 3D acceleration
3) Even on linux, they don't support AIGLX, which is what the original poster 
was looking for.

The open source r300 driver supports 1 & 2, but bring down the machine when 
you enable number 3 on FreeBSD :-)  

Adam