* [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: ati-faq.xml
@ 2012-06-29 19:21 Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2012-06-29 19:21 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-doc-cvs
nightmorph 12/06/29 19:21:52
Modified: ati-faq.xml
Log:
typo fix, no content change
Revision Changes Path
1.55 xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.55&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.55&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?r1=1.54&r2=1.55
Index: ati-faq.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.54
retrieving revision 1.55
diff -u -r1.54 -r1.55
--- ati-faq.xml 29 Jun 2012 16:20:09 -0000 1.54
+++ ati-faq.xml 29 Jun 2012 19:21:52 -0000 1.55
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.54 2012/06/29 16:20:09 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.55 2012/06/29 19:21:52 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<guide>
<title>Gentoo Linux ATI FAQ</title>
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
</pre>
<p>
-If you use the propriatary ATI drivers, you can get assistance for configuring
+If you use the proprietary ATI drivers, you can get assistance for configuring
X through the <c>aticonfig</c> application (which is part of the
<c>ati-drivers</c> package).
</p>
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* [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: ati-faq.xml
@ 2012-06-29 16:20 Sven Vermeulen (swift)
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From: Sven Vermeulen (swift) @ 2012-06-29 16:20 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-doc-cvs
swift 12/06/29 16:20:10
Modified: ati-faq.xml
Log:
Fix bug #421257 - Update ATI instructions for configuring X
Revision Changes Path
1.54 xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.54&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.54&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?r1=1.53&r2=1.54
Index: ati-faq.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.53
retrieving revision 1.54
diff -u -r1.53 -r1.54
--- ati-faq.xml 14 Jun 2012 06:43:24 -0000 1.53
+++ ati-faq.xml 29 Jun 2012 16:20:09 -0000 1.54
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.53 2012/06/14 06:43:24 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.54 2012/06/29 16:20:09 swift Exp $ -->
<guide>
<title>Gentoo Linux ATI FAQ</title>
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>6</version>
-<date>2012-06-13</date>
+<version>7</version>
+<date>2012-06-29</date>
<chapter>
<title>Hardware Support</title>
@@ -200,8 +200,9 @@
<body>
<p>
-You may not need to manually create <path>xorg.conf</path> or modify it. Try
-running without it first. You can also use the Xorg auto configuration option:
+You may not need to manually create <path>xorg.conf</path> or modify it if you
+are using the open-source radeon driver. Try running without it first. If this
+fails, you can use the auto-configuration option of X:
</p>
<pre caption="Autoconfiguring X">
@@ -209,6 +210,12 @@
</pre>
<p>
+If you use the propriatary ATI drivers, you can get assistance for configuring
+X through the <c>aticonfig</c> application (which is part of the
+<c>ati-drivers</c> package).
+</p>
+
+<p>
For more information on how to get a basic <c>xorg.conf</c> configuration file,
please refer to the <uri link="/doc/en/xorg-config.xml">Gentoo X Server
HowTo</uri>.
@@ -219,11 +226,6 @@
tool by emerging <c>x11-misc/xac</c>, but isn't required.
</note>
-<note>
-You can use <c>aticonfig</c> if you have installed the <c>ati-drivers</c>
-package.
-</note>
-
<impo>
If you're using <c>ati-drivers</c>, then you'll need to disable <c>radeonfb</c>
(and probably any other framebuffer drivers) in your kernel config, as it
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* [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: ati-faq.xml
@ 2012-06-14 6:43 Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2012-06-14 6:43 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-doc-cvs
nightmorph 12/06/14 06:43:24
Modified: ati-faq.xml
Log:
update ati faq for new graphics card series, comment #7 on bug #419493
Revision Changes Path
1.53 xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.53&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.53&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?r1=1.52&r2=1.53
Index: ati-faq.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.52
retrieving revision 1.53
diff -u -r1.52 -r1.53
--- ati-faq.xml 23 Mar 2011 09:26:09 -0000 1.52
+++ ati-faq.xml 14 Jun 2012 06:43:24 -0000 1.53
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.52 2011/03/23 09:26:09 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.53 2012/06/14 06:43:24 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<guide>
<title>Gentoo Linux ATI FAQ</title>
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>5</version>
-<date>2011-03-01</date>
+<version>6</version>
+<date>2012-06-13</date>
<chapter>
<title>Hardware Support</title>
@@ -80,28 +80,33 @@
<tr>
<ti>R600</ti>
<ti>RadeonHD 2000 series</ti>
- <ti>AMD DRI, xorg</ti>
+ <ti>xorg</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
<ti>RV670</ti>
<ti>RadeonHD 3000 series</ti>
- <ti>AMD DRI, xorg</ti>
+ <ti>xorg</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
<ti>RV770 (R700)</ti>
<ti>RadeonHD 4000 series</ti>
- <ti>AMD DRI, xorg</ti>
+ <ti>xorg</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
- <ti>R800</ti>
+ <ti>Evergreen</ti>
<ti>RadeonHD 5000 series</ti>
<ti>AMD DRI, xorg</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
- <ti>R900</ti>
+ <ti>Northern Islands</ti>
<ti>RadeonHD 6000 series</ti>
<ti>AMD DRI, xorg</ti>
</tr>
+<tr>
+ <ti>Southern Islands</ti>
+ <ti>RadeonHD 7000 series</ti>
+ <ti>AMD DRI, xorg</ti>
+</tr>
</table>
<note>
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* [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: ati-faq.xml
@ 2011-03-23 9:26 Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2011-03-23 9:26 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-doc-cvs
nightmorph 11/03/23 09:26:09
Modified: ati-faq.xml
Log:
minor bit of guidexml style i forgot to add last time; no content change
Revision Changes Path
1.52 xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.52&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.52&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?r1=1.51&r2=1.52
Index: ati-faq.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.51
retrieving revision 1.52
diff -u -r1.51 -r1.52
--- ati-faq.xml 2 Mar 2011 08:00:01 -0000 1.51
+++ ati-faq.xml 23 Mar 2011 09:26:09 -0000 1.52
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.51 2011/03/02 08:00:01 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.52 2011/03/23 09:26:09 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<guide>
<title>Gentoo Linux ATI FAQ</title>
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* [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: ati-faq.xml
@ 2011-03-02 8:00 Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2011-03-02 8:00 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-doc-cvs
nightmorph 11/03/02 08:00:01
Modified: ati-faq.xml
Log:
make it obvious that RV770 is R700
Revision Changes Path
1.51 xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.51&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.51&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?r1=1.50&r2=1.51
Index: ati-faq.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.50
retrieving revision 1.51
diff -u -r1.50 -r1.51
--- ati-faq.xml 2 Mar 2011 07:46:52 -0000 1.50
+++ ati-faq.xml 2 Mar 2011 08:00:01 -0000 1.51
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.50 2011/03/02 07:46:52 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.51 2011/03/02 08:00:01 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
<guide>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>4</version>
+<version>5</version>
<date>2011-03-01</date>
<chapter>
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
<ti>AMD DRI, xorg</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
- <ti>RV770</ti>
+ <ti>RV770 (R700)</ti>
<ti>RadeonHD 4000 series</ti>
<ti>AMD DRI, xorg</ti>
</tr>
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* [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: ati-faq.xml
@ 2011-03-02 7:46 Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2011-03-02 7:46 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-doc-cvs
nightmorph 11/03/02 07:46:52
Modified: ati-faq.xml
Log:
update ATI FAQ for R900 (radeonhd 6000) series cards, update AMD.com links, add Radeon Feature Matrix link, and started fixing names, now that the ATI brand has been renamed to just AMD
Revision Changes Path
1.50 xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.50&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.50&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?r1=1.49&r2=1.50
Index: ati-faq.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.49
retrieving revision 1.50
diff -u -r1.49 -r1.50
--- ati-faq.xml 2 Aug 2010 20:54:10 -0000 1.49
+++ ati-faq.xml 2 Mar 2011 07:46:52 -0000 1.50
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.49 2010/08/02 20:54:10 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.50 2011/03/02 07:46:52 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
<guide>
@@ -20,29 +20,29 @@
<abstract>
This FAQ should help users avoid some common installation and configuration
-issues related to DRI and X11 for ATI boards.
+issues related to DRI and X11 for AMD/ATI boards.
</abstract>
<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>3</version>
-<date>2010-08-02</date>
+<version>4</version>
+<date>2011-03-01</date>
<chapter>
<title>Hardware Support</title>
<section>
-<title>Is my ATI board supported?</title>
+<title>Is my AMD/ATI board supported?</title>
<body>
<p>
-Many ATI boards (but not all) are supported by <uri
+Many AMD/ATI boards (but not all) are supported by <uri
link="http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/xorg">xorg-x11</uri>, at least for the
2D accelerated features. The 3D support is provided either by xorg-x11, or by
-ATI's <uri
-link="http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html">closed
-source drivers</uri>. ATI's closed source driver only supports R600 and newer
+AMD's <uri
+link="http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/ati-catalyst/Pages/catalyst.aspx">closed
+source drivers</uri>. AMD's closed source driver only supports R600 and newer
GPUs. Older GPUs will use the mature open source xorg-x11 driver.
</p>
@@ -69,36 +69,47 @@
</tr>
<tr>
<ti>R300, R400</ti>
- <ti>Radeon 9500 - x850</ti>
+ <ti>Radeon 9500 - X850</ti>
<ti>xorg</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
<ti>R500</ti>
- <ti>Radeon X1300 and higher</ti>
+ <ti>Radeon X1300 - X1950</ti>
<ti>xorg</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
<ti>R600</ti>
<ti>RadeonHD 2000 series</ti>
- <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti>
+ <ti>AMD DRI, xorg</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
<ti>RV670</ti>
<ti>RadeonHD 3000 series</ti>
- <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti>
+ <ti>AMD DRI, xorg</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
<ti>RV770</ti>
<ti>RadeonHD 4000 series</ti>
- <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti>
+ <ti>AMD DRI, xorg</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
<ti>R800</ti>
- <ti>RadeonHD 5000 series, "Evergreen"</ti>
- <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti>
+ <ti>RadeonHD 5000 series</ti>
+ <ti>AMD DRI, xorg</ti>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <ti>R900</ti>
+ <ti>RadeonHD 6000 series</ti>
+ <ti>AMD DRI, xorg</ti>
</tr>
</table>
+<note>
+The <uri link="http://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature">Radeon Feature Matrix</uri>
+at x.org lists the open source driver support level for each part of the
+graphics card hardware.
+</note>
+
</body>
</section>
<section>
@@ -120,10 +131,10 @@
<p>
X11 support on the PPC or Alpha platforms is quite similar to x86 X11 support.
-However, ATI's closed source Catalyst drivers are not supported on the PPC or
-Alpha, so you will have to use the open source drivers. The Catalyst drivers are
-only available for x86 and AMD64. The open source xorg-x11 drivers should work
-well on all architectures.
+However, AMD/ATI's closed source Catalyst drivers are not supported on the PPC
+or Alpha, so you will have to use the open source drivers. The Catalyst drivers
+are only available for x86 and AMD64. The open source xorg-x11 drivers should
+work well on all architectures.
</p>
<impo>
@@ -154,26 +165,26 @@
<body>
<p>
-There are two ways of getting drivers for your ATI card:
+There are two ways of getting drivers for your AMD/ATI card:
</p>
<ul>
<li>The <c>xorg-x11</c> ebuild provides the X11 implementation</li>
- <li>
- The <c>ati-drivers</c> ebuild provides the ATI closed source X drivers and
- kernel modules
+ <li>
+ The <c>ati-drivers</c> ebuild provides the AMD closed source X drivers
+ and kernel modules
</li>
</ul>
<p>
-If you want to use ATI's <e>internal</e> agpgart support instead of the Linux
+If you want to use AMD/ATI's <e>internal</e> agpgart support instead of the Linux
kernel one, the agpgart driver and the chip set specific driver (in your kernel
configuration) must be built as modules or not at all.
</p>
<note>
Please read the <uri link="/doc/en/dri-howto.xml">Hardware Acceleration
-Guide</uri> for more information on installing drivers for your ATI graphics
+Guide</uri> for more information on installing drivers for your AMD/ATI graphics
card.
</note>
@@ -221,7 +232,7 @@
<body>
<p>
-Once X is installed, configured, and running, it can use the ATI OpenGL
+Once X is installed, configured, and running, it can use the AMD/ATI OpenGL
libraries:
</p>
@@ -239,14 +250,16 @@
<p>
Please read the <uri link="/doc/en/dri-howto.xml">Hardware Acceleration
-Guide</uri> for more information on configuring your ATI graphics card.
+Guide</uri> for more information on configuring your AMD/ATI graphics card.
</p>
<p>
-More information on Gentoo Linux and the ATI Radeon binary drivers can be found
-on the <uri
+More information on Gentoo Linux and the AMD/ATI Radeon binary drivers can be
+found on the <uri
link="http://odin.prohosting.com/wedge01/gentoo-radeon-faq.html">Wedge
-Unofficial Gentoo ATI Radeon FAQ</uri>.
+Unofficial Gentoo ATI Radeon FAQ</uri>, and on the <uri
+link="http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Main_Page">Unofficial AMD Linux Driver
+Wiki</uri>.
</p>
</body>
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* [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: ati-faq.xml
@ 2010-08-02 20:54 Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2010-08-02 20:54 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-doc-cvs
nightmorph 10/08/02 20:54:10
Modified: ati-faq.xml
Log:
change Xorgautoconfig reference to xac, a more cross-platform X config tool
Revision Changes Path
1.49 xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.49&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.49&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?r1=1.48&r2=1.49
Index: ati-faq.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.48
retrieving revision 1.49
diff -u -r1.48 -r1.49
--- ati-faq.xml 13 Jul 2010 20:08:03 -0000 1.48
+++ ati-faq.xml 2 Aug 2010 20:54:10 -0000 1.49
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.48 2010/07/13 20:08:03 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.49 2010/08/02 20:54:10 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
<guide>
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>2</version>
-<date>2010-07-13</date>
+<version>3</version>
+<date>2010-08-02</date>
<chapter>
<title>Hardware Support</title>
@@ -199,13 +199,13 @@
</p>
<note>
-You can use <c>aticonfig</c> if you have installed the <c>ati-drivers</c>
-package.
+PPC, AMD64, and x86 users can use the <c>xac</c> stand-alone X configuration
+tool by emerging <c>x11-misc/xac</c>, but isn't required.
</note>
<note>
-PPC users could use the <c>Xorgautoconfig</c> stand-alone configuration tool by
-emerging the <c>Xorgautoconfig</c> ebuild, but isn't required.
+You can use <c>aticonfig</c> if you have installed the <c>ati-drivers</c>
+package.
</note>
<impo>
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* [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: ati-faq.xml
@ 2010-07-13 20:08 Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2010-07-13 20:08 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-doc-cvs
nightmorph 10/07/13 20:08:03
Modified: ati-faq.xml
Log:
clean up the ATI faq, add R800 (evergreen) support info. inspired by bug 307481.
Revision Changes Path
1.48 xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.48&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.48&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?r1=1.47&r2=1.48
Index: ati-faq.xml
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retrieving revision 1.47
retrieving revision 1.48
diff -u -r1.47 -r1.48
--- ati-faq.xml 30 Nov 2009 08:35:32 -0000 1.47
+++ ati-faq.xml 13 Jul 2010 20:08:03 -0000 1.48
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.47 2009/11/30 08:35:32 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.48 2010/07/13 20:08:03 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<guide link="/doc/en/ati-faq.xml">
+<guide>
<title>Gentoo Linux ATI FAQ</title>
<author title="Author">
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>1.8</version>
-<date>2009-11-30</date>
+<version>2</version>
+<date>2010-07-13</date>
<chapter>
<title>Hardware Support</title>
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
ATI's <uri
link="http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html">closed
source drivers</uri>. ATI's closed source driver only supports R600 and newer
-GPUs. Older GPUs will use the mature xorg-x11 driver.
+GPUs. Older GPUs will use the mature open source xorg-x11 driver.
</p>
<table>
@@ -79,17 +79,22 @@
</tr>
<tr>
<ti>R600</ti>
- <ti>Radeon HD 2000 series</ti>
+ <ti>RadeonHD 2000 series</ti>
<ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
<ti>RV670</ti>
- <ti>Radeon HD 3000 series</ti>
+ <ti>RadeonHD 3000 series</ti>
<ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
<ti>RV770</ti>
- <ti>Radeon HD 4000 series</ti>
+ <ti>RadeonHD 4000 series</ti>
+ <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <ti>R800</ti>
+ <ti>RadeonHD 5000 series, "Evergreen"</ti>
<ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti>
</tr>
</table>
@@ -103,9 +108,7 @@
<body>
<p>
-The board's multimedia features are supported by <uri
-link="http://gatos.sf.net">the GATOS project</uri>. These drivers have been
-merged into the Xorg tree. You don't need to use anything special;
+You don't need to use anything special for the board's multimedia features;
<c>x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati</c> will work just fine.
</p>
@@ -117,16 +120,14 @@
<p>
X11 support on the PPC or Alpha platforms is quite similar to x86 X11 support.
-However, ATI's closed source drivers are not supported on the PPC or Alpha, so
-you cannot use the 3D features of the R300 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). If
-you have such a board and want it supported by X11, contact <uri
-link="http://www.ati.com">ATI</uri> and ask them to release the specifications
-for your system's GPU. The closed source driver for the AMD64 was released, so
-AMD64 users can now enjoy the same features as x86 users.
+However, ATI's closed source Catalyst drivers are not supported on the PPC or
+Alpha, so you will have to use the open source drivers. The Catalyst drivers are
+only available for x86 and AMD64. The open source xorg-x11 drivers should work
+well on all architectures.
</p>
<impo>
-To enable agpgart support for certain AMD64 chip sets, you have to disable
+To enable agpgart support for certain old AMD64 chipsets, you have to disable
support for the K8 IOMMU.
</impo>
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@
<p>
It should be, but you may have a configuration issue due to the OEM PCI id that
-such chips may have. In most cases, you may have to write the configuration
+such chips may have. In such cases, you may have to write the configuration
file yourself.
</p>
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* [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: ati-faq.xml
@ 2009-11-30 8:35 Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2009-11-30 8:35 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-doc-cvs
nightmorph 09/11/30 08:35:32
Modified: ati-faq.xml
Log:
updated ati FAQ for bug 293564. also updated info on driver support and other misc. bits
Revision Changes Path
1.47 xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.47&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?rev=1.47&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml?r1=1.46&r2=1.47
Index: ati-faq.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.46
retrieving revision 1.47
diff -u -r1.46 -r1.47
--- ati-faq.xml 6 Jul 2008 08:29:11 -0000 1.46
+++ ati-faq.xml 30 Nov 2009 08:35:32 -0000 1.47
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.46 2008/07/06 08:29:11 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/ati-faq.xml,v 1.47 2009/11/30 08:35:32 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
<guide link="/doc/en/ati-faq.xml">
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>1.7</version>
-<date>2008-07-06</date>
+<version>1.8</version>
+<date>2009-11-30</date>
<chapter>
<title>Hardware Support</title>
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
2D accelerated features. The 3D support is provided either by xorg-x11, or by
ATI's <uri
link="http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html">closed
-source drivers</uri>.
+source drivers</uri>. ATI's closed source driver only supports R600 and newer
+GPUs. Older GPUs will use the mature xorg-x11 driver.
</p>
<table>
@@ -64,32 +65,32 @@
<tr>
<ti>R200, R250, R280</ti>
<ti>Radeon8500, Radeon9000, Radeon9200</ti>
- <ti>xorg, ATI DRI</ti>
+ <ti>xorg</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
<ti>R300, R400</ti>
<ti>Radeon 9500 - x850</ti>
- <ti>xorg, ATI DRI</ti>
+ <ti>xorg</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
<ti>R500</ti>
<ti>Radeon X1300 and higher</ti>
- <ti>ATI DRI, xorg (since xf86-video-ati 6.9)</ti>
+ <ti>xorg</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
<ti>R600</ti>
<ti>Radeon HD 2000 series</ti>
- <ti>ATI DRI, xorg (since xf86-video-ati 6.9)</ti>
+ <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
<ti>RV670</ti>
<ti>Radeon HD 3000 series</ti>
- <ti>ATI DRI, xorg (since xf86-video-ati 6.9)</ti>
+ <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
<ti>RV770</ti>
<ti>Radeon HD 4000 series</ti>
- <ti>ATI DRI (since catalyst 8.6), xorg support in progress</ti>
+ <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti>
</tr>
</table>
@@ -132,13 +133,13 @@
</body>
</section>
<section>
-<title>I have a laptop. Is my ATI Mobility model supported?</title>
+<title>I have a laptop. Is my ATI Mobility model supported?</title>
<body>
<p>
It should be, but you may have a configuration issue due to the OEM PCI id that
such chips may have. In most cases, you may have to write the configuration
-file yourself or use the <c>xorgconfig</c> utility.
+file yourself.
</p>
</body>
@@ -182,9 +183,8 @@
<body>
<p>
-The use of <c>xorgcfg</c> or <c>xorgconfig</c> to generate the
-<path>xorg.conf</path> configuration file is suggested. Alternatively, you may
-use the Xorg auto configuration option:
+You may not need to manually create <path>xorg.conf</path> or modify it. Try
+running without it first. You can also use the Xorg auto configuration option:
</p>
<pre caption="Autoconfiguring X">
@@ -202,9 +202,15 @@
package.
</note>
-<impo>
+<note>
PPC users could use the <c>Xorgautoconfig</c> stand-alone configuration tool by
emerging the <c>Xorgautoconfig</c> ebuild, but isn't required.
+</note>
+
+<impo>
+If you're using <c>ati-drivers</c>, then you'll need to disable <c>radeonfb</c>
+(and probably any other framebuffer drivers) in your kernel config, as it
+conflicts with the built-in framebuffer in <c>ati-drivers</c>.
</impo>
</body>
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