Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 9th Sep 2009 22:29 UTC, submitted by lemur2
Open source 3D graphics drivers for ATI R600 garphics cards has been submitted to the kernel-next tree for possible inclusion in the Linux kernel 2.6.32. "David Airlie has pushed a horde of new code into his drm-next Git tree, which is what will get pulled into the Linux 2.6.32 kernel once the merge window is open. Most prominently, this new DRM code brings support for kernel mode-setting with R600 class hardware as well as 3D support."
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RE[12]: Only one choice for solid 3D under Linux - Nvidia
by lemur2 on Sun 13th Sep 2009 23:12
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Member since:2007-02-17
I think the real disconnect everyone is having here is based on the word "solid".
Does solid mean, "working out of the box without any configuration or installing 3rd party software that might break with any kernel upgrade"?
Does solid mean, "working out of the box without any configuration or installing 3rd party software that might break with any kernel upgrade"?
That is the definition I am working with. Absolutely fine for over 90% of use cases.
Or does it mean, OpenGL 3.2 support that's extremely fast?
That level of support will come a bit later.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzUzMw
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzUzMA
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzUyOA
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzUwOA
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzUxNw
A fair amount of this stuff isn't specific to the r6xx/r7xx driver at all.
RE[13]: Only one choice for solid 3D under Linux - Nvidia
by IkeKrull on Mon 14th Sep 2009 01:01
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Member since:2006-01-24
I think the real disconnect comes from this statement by lemur2:
Before the end of this year, people who are fortunate enough to have ATI cards and have Linux installed will enjoy by far the best-performing bang-for-buck desktop systems on the planet.
Does anybody but lemur2 believe this to be true?
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2005-10-13
I think the real disconnect everyone is having here is based on the word "solid".
Does solid mean, "working out of the box without any configuration or installing 3rd party software that might break with any kernel upgrade"?
Or does it mean, OpenGL 3.2 support that's extremely fast?
I think the vast majority of Linux users would be quite happy with the 1st definition, as long as they can get all their Compiz effects working well. But clearly you need to stick with the binary drivers for now if you need definition #2.