Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932378AbVL0W1N (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:27:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932379AbVL0W1N (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:27:13 -0500 Received: from [204.225.94.109] ([204.225.94.109]:49421 "EHLO pcburn.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932378AbVL0W1M (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:27:12 -0500 Message-ID: <43B1BFB8.8050207@pcburn.com> Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:27:04 -0500 From: Chris Bergeron Reply-To: chris@pcburn.com Organization: PCBurn Media User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: Gerhard Mack , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ati X300 support? References: <200512271545.31224.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> <200512271603.30939.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <200512271603.30939.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1835 Lines: 50 Alistair John Strachan wrote: >On Tuesday 27 December 2005 15:57, Gerhard Mack wrote: > > >>I have it working in X.org with no problem. I just can't get the drm >>module working in the kernel. Last time I tried to just add my PCI ids >>the problem was a lack of PCIE support in the drm drivers. >> >> > >I'd try again, I have a vague memory of reading a changelog a few releases ago >that mentioned PCIe support in radeon-drm. > > > >>FYI the fglrx drivers suck badly. ATI hasn't bothered to keep their >>drivers up to date at all and the result is that they finally have >>working 2.6.14 drivers but only for 32 bit machines. x86_64 is still >>broken on any recent kernel and it's been that way for months. ATI's tech >>support basically gave up after several days and just informed me it >>wasn't really supported and there is nothing they could do for me. >> >> > >You're better off running open source drivers anyway, it's less hassle, you >don't have to worry about every kernel upgrade breaking them, and it's only >an X300 anyway -- on my Mobility 9600, I just play a few small games and >expect OpenGL accelerated applications to work properly. > >If your goals are similar, they're probably achievable with mainline. > > > The DRI project only supports up to the Radeon 9200 unless I missed an update and their page is outdated. Check the DRI ATI page for details. http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ATI Now.. the fglrx driver supposedly supports the X300, but if ATI won't support you on it that doesn't mean much, I guess. -- Chris Editor, PCBurn.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/