[ltp] Poor 3D support after kernel upgrade on FireGL

[Alex Deucher]

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Bill Moseley <moseley@hank.org> wrote:
> I've been using the method Phil recommended here in May
> to provide 3D support for my T60p running Hardy.
>
>    http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9951
>
> I'm using the "ati" driver and using
>
>    Option          "AccelMethod"   "EXA"
>
> in my xorg.xonf file.
>
>
> During the time it was working I had one kernel update, and all that
> was needed was to recompile the DRM module.
>
> After my last update, though, video became very slow -- I could hardly
> drag an xterm and that action would cause xorg to consume all CPU.
>
> I did indeed recompile the DRM module and even repeated all step in
> the forum article above.
>
> I commented out the AccelMethod and the slowness went away, but my
> glxgears is about 1400fps.  Previously it was about 2500fps or more
> with AccelMethod enabled above.  (With the fglrx driver I was getting
> over 4000fps.)
>
> Anyone else notice this change?  Any idea why the AccelMethod EXA no
> longer works?

EXA works fine here.  You may want to make sure you're using the
latest drm bits from git.

Alex