From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J1NFP-0001mI-Pz for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:35:12 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with SMTP id lB9EXB3l016007; Sun, 9 Dec 2007 14:33:11 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.189]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with ESMTP id lB9EXBCH016002 for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2007 14:33:11 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id f5so868817nfh for ; Sun, 09 Dec 2007 06:33:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=B+PypkCQrAPq3Beh17lHazKBddPgT8AyiKUZE+jLRA0=; b=lVN80Th3sNEsLwItma9DPPf9rKtNw+uxH/BmuEHZ8XKotgUB84M2/bB8jVdvukfLq09KwRyzR1tEVVFCcb8mzFSzqcZMKWGeUy5RC0m8T4c9xOJTFUO2Mviut4eRjfr4ZRIIzrpP6L4bsS7ei8/W13+b63WdR4pvmbaRAKeSFZA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=uA7N+0DzUjOIeAwzjLJft0E+oQ57vQ539S6ooFLhjKQbcQJWADxI8NLr4RxvqXAIv1c8UbKBCrAKL2RfysdhnWnerUJ3FpjGb/cdWtfzlsOx+5eK/lltq1l/CchzcVZ7+JfIDJ2yFdN3BCsN5hStvt0AjGs7P6P/a6WAfpcfv8I= Received: by 10.82.116.15 with SMTP id o15mr10592726buc.1197210790608; Sun, 09 Dec 2007 06:33:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.141.15 with HTTP; Sun, 9 Dec 2007 06:33:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 14:33:10 +0000 From: Beso To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Gentoo AMD64 + Xen + Ati drivers In-Reply-To: <475BF409.7020302@laposte.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_19054_22153942.1197210790593" References: <47567E7F.7080806@laposte.net> <475AE211.4070604@laposte.net> <475BF409.7020302@laposte.net> X-Archives-Salt: ea731c5d-c9d7-49ff-92e1-ee3148749b73 X-Archives-Hash: 476cf688ce9e32cb472361b6979fa9aa ------=_Part_19054_22153942.1197210790593 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline this xf86-video-ati should have it work. see airlied blog http://airlied.livejournal.com/ and google around xorg a little to have this confirmed (thi should be on of the latest release 6.7.196-r1). radeon-hd instead doesn't have 2d or 3d support, so you could only use it for the eventual base system without xorg fancies for xen. i don't think that for now it's an option for everyday use. well, as for the domains, i'd say: let the base domain hanlde hw and bridge it to the other domains. after that every single domain would be indipendent from the other and so if one display goes mad you won't have problems with the other one. 2007/12/9, Florent Ouchet : > > Hello, > > Thanks for these useful advises, I used VMWare for months (and then > VirtualBox few months), I want to give Xen the same chance. The best > option seems to be the installation of a second domain to locally handle > display, IMO this configuration could be highly unstable if either Dom0 > or "Dom1" starts tripping. > > I'll try to use flgrx drivers again on next time kernel-xen source get > updated (current version if 2.6.20), I'll report back here; Two > open-source drivers are available for radeon video cards: > - xf86-video-ati is not able to drive my video card (no matching device) > - I give a try to the new radeonhd driver which currently gives better > performance than vesa legacy driver. > > Best regards, > > Florent > > ------=_Part_19054_22153942.1197210790593 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline this xf86-video-ati should have it work. see airlied blog http://airlied.livejournal.com/ and google around xorg a little to have this confirmed (thi should be on of the latest release 6.7.196-r1).
radeon-hd instead doesn't have 2d or 3d support, so you could only use it for the eventual base system without xorg fancies for xen. i don't think that for now it's an option for everyday use.
well, as for the domains, i'd say: let the base domain hanlde hw and bridge it to the other domains. after that every single domain would be indipendent from the other and so if one display goes mad you won't have problems with the other one.

2007/12/9, Florent Ouchet <ouchet.florent@laposte.net>:
Hello,

Thanks for these useful advises, I used VMWare for months (and then
VirtualBox few months), I want to give Xen the same chance. The best
option seems to be the installation of a second domain to locally handle
display, IMO this configuration could be highly unstable if either Dom0
or "Dom1" starts tripping.

I'll try to use flgrx drivers again on next time kernel-xen source get
updated (current version if 2.6.20), I'll report back here; Two
open-source drivers are available for radeon video cards:
- xf86-video-ati is not able to drive my video card (no matching device)
- I give a try to the new radeonhd driver which currently gives better
performance than vesa legacy driver.

Best regards,

Florent

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