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As I've mentioned a couple times recently, I run direct Linus kernel |
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git. Previously I've waited until rc2 or so before trying the new |
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development kernel, but I got bored and decided to try following the |
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kernel even in the merge window this time. |
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Sometime in the last 24 hours or so, Linus merged the Radeon KMS (kernel |
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mode setting) code! I've been looking forward to this for a couple |
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versions now, so am glad it's finally here! |
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Presently, it's only thru the Radeon r5xx chip series, so thru the model |
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x1950 cards. They'll add the newer r6xx/r7xx chips (beyond x1950 and the |
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hd* cards) later. |
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Of course I'm not actually running kms yet, as my X userspace isn't new |
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enough (I don't think, AFAIK the xorg-server-1.6.1.901-r3 that I'm |
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running should support it, but the xf86-video-ati-6.12.2 doesn't yet, I'd |
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need the -9999 live git version for that, and would probably need to |
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match it with the live-git xorg-server-9999 as well), so I've not enabled |
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the kernel's radeon-kms-by-default option, which appears under the |
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staging drivers for the moment. But it's in the kernel mainline now, and |
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I'm running that kernel (2.6.30-6553-g65795ef) with no general observed |
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issues ATM. |
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-- |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |