First of all, i bow before the open source radeon developers, really really nice work done. keep it up.
Now... for the mini review.
I downloaded the nightly build of fedora 11 yesterday (29/04) and it blew my mind, metaphorically speaking.
KMS (mode settings) works as advertised on my 200m (RS482), no bugs here. No flicker when switching between console and X and back again, very impressive. Plymouth also works right after the grub boot.
When i opened my kde desktop, i could check with glxinfo that now opengl version is bumped to 1.4 (really nice, should be able to use vmware 3d acceleration now, since it asks for 1.4 or higher), and xv is using the textured video port (was ATI Radeon Video Overlay dropped?).
best of all dri2 is working!!! no more fighting between composite window managers and opengl apps (ahhh true google earth nirvana).
But there is a catch, at least with my evil 200m, when i activate composite in kde, i lose the xdamage ability, by that i mean that any window isn't updated unless i force it (by moving the window, hovering it with the mouse pointer, doing a switch with the cover switch, etc).
Also, the update with the mouse pointer, only updates the area the mouse hovers, not the entire window.
I hope bridgeman and gang can pinpoint why exactly xdamage isn't being called/synchronized, since it makes the dri2 experience quite useless so far with kde 3d effects and radeon 200m. But it's VERY VERY impressive and promissing. I'm blown away. can't wait for this code to stabilize so i can port it to jaunty
Did i also mentioned it's fast? well it is, and at least for 200m isn't any slower (i know there are performance regressions, but i couldn't see any measurable slowdown to the naked eye).
AMD gang feel free to mail me if you need additional testing.
Radeon open source drivers are rocking the boat
Now... for the mini review.
I downloaded the nightly build of fedora 11 yesterday (29/04) and it blew my mind, metaphorically speaking.
KMS (mode settings) works as advertised on my 200m (RS482), no bugs here. No flicker when switching between console and X and back again, very impressive. Plymouth also works right after the grub boot.
When i opened my kde desktop, i could check with glxinfo that now opengl version is bumped to 1.4 (really nice, should be able to use vmware 3d acceleration now, since it asks for 1.4 or higher), and xv is using the textured video port (was ATI Radeon Video Overlay dropped?).
best of all dri2 is working!!! no more fighting between composite window managers and opengl apps (ahhh true google earth nirvana).
But there is a catch, at least with my evil 200m, when i activate composite in kde, i lose the xdamage ability, by that i mean that any window isn't updated unless i force it (by moving the window, hovering it with the mouse pointer, doing a switch with the cover switch, etc).
Also, the update with the mouse pointer, only updates the area the mouse hovers, not the entire window.
I hope bridgeman and gang can pinpoint why exactly xdamage isn't being called/synchronized, since it makes the dri2 experience quite useless so far with kde 3d effects and radeon 200m. But it's VERY VERY impressive and promissing. I'm blown away. can't wait for this code to stabilize so i can port it to jaunty
Did i also mentioned it's fast? well it is, and at least for 200m isn't any slower (i know there are performance regressions, but i couldn't see any measurable slowdown to the naked eye).
AMD gang feel free to mail me if you need additional testing.
Radeon open source drivers are rocking the boat
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