[ltp] DRI/OpenGL with radeon driver

[Alex Deucher]

On 9/1/05, D. Sen <dsen@ieee.org> wrote:
> Anyone using the r300 drive want to comment on how stable it is with
> ACPI/APM (as compared to say the radeon or fglrx driver)?
>=20

the r300 and radeon drivers are the same driver.  both use the radeon
DDX and drm.  the only difference is the 3d lib.  If xorg radeon + DRI
works for you then so will r300.

Alex

> Thanks.
>=20
>=20
> Alex Deucher wrote:
> > On 9/1/05, David A. Desrosiers <desrod@gnu-designs.com> wrote:
> >
> >>>The r300 code has been integrated into mesa/drm/xorg cvs.  the stuff
> >>>at r300.sf.net is deprecated.  See the standard guide for building:
> >>
> >>        Unfortunately, anything after that merge, is broken. The only
> >>build I have been able to successfully run for more than 15 seconds in
> >>X, is the 7/20 version of those separate trees (see my previous posts
> >>on this for more detail).
> >>
> >>        You *WANT* the r300 tree from r300.sf.net, specifically the
> >>drm subdirectory inside of it, to successfully build the kernel
> >>modules to get proper DRI on a Thinkpad with the Radeon chip.
> >>
> >>
> >>>http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Building
> >>
> >>        These instructions are pretty out-of-date now, and I've
> >>promised to make the necessary corrections, but I haven't found enough
> >>time in my schedule to do it yet. There's about 4-5 steps that are
> >>completely different now, after the changes to the trees (post-patch).
> >>
> >
> >
> > The instructions look pretty up to date to me.  Perhaps they have been
> > updated since you last looked.  The only real change is that you need
> > libdrm installed before you build mesa and that part has been updated.
> >
> >
> >>David A. Desrosiers
> >>desrod@gnu-designs.com
> >>http://gnu-designs.com
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