[ltp] radeonhd or xf86-video-ati (atombios-support branch)

Alex Deucher linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:53:08 -0500


On Dec 21, 2007 11:52 PM, Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 21, 2007 10:10 PM, Brad Langhorst <brad@langhorst.com> wrote:
> > I have a T60p with a radeon v5300 (r530 based).
> >
> > Looks like there's some suppor in both radeonhd and
> > the xf86-video-ati driver.
> >
> > Stuff I care about:
> >
> > 1) clear, 1600x1200 display
> > 2) reliable suspend and resume
> > 3) 2d speed
> > 4) open
> >
> > I don't really care about 3D at all.
> >
> > I'm currently using fglrx without its kernel module which does not
> > satisfy 2 or 4.
> >
> > I could just try them out, but maybe somebody can save me some time.
>
> Either radeonhd or radeon will give you working display and dualhead.
> radeon also has support for 2D acceleration.

BTW, the atombios-support branch was merged into ati master, so no
need to checkout the branch anymore.

Alex