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  • bridgman
    AMD Linux
    • Oct 2007
    • 13187

    If you were already running a patched X server (with the backclear patch) you probably wouldn't notice much difference with the 2D code. The big deal is that you don't need a patched X server any more.

    I don't think 10.6 changes anything w.r.t. tearing - the key point is that it didn't make a lot of sense to work on tearing in the old accel framework; once we finish rolling out the new accel framework (still some work to do) then at least we have a decent starting point for looking at video tearing.

    In the meantime, we still recommend the use of GL output rather than Xv for video.
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    • mugginz
      Senior Member
      • Dec 2008
      • 868

      @bridgman, are you aware of any possible resolution for the lack of vsync for GL output with an Evergreen card, 10.6 and multi-monitors?

      Also, do you know if this is a universal issue for multi-monitor configs or just affecting some users?

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      • bridgman
        AMD Linux
        • Oct 2007
        • 13187

        Quick answer is "I don't know anything about the vsync implementation on fglrx".

        I'll ask, but not until I get a bit less busy.
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        • mugginz
          Senior Member
          • Dec 2008
          • 868

          Originally posted by bridgman View Post
          I'll ask, but not until I get a bit less busy.
          Excellent. Thanks for that.

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          • emergence
            Phoronix Member
            • Jun 2010
            • 55

            What I liked about the 10.6 release is it came just a few weeks after 10.5. I hope the same for 10.7 (maybe before World Cup finals?). One can only hope

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            • Kano
              Kanotix Developer
              • Aug 2007
              • 7924

              So you like to get 12 driver releases a year? Wow, that's something the Linux world needs. A fixed release day is basically no requirement for a driver, however a driver should be as bugfree as possible and support at least all current kernel/xservers without patching, but that development goal is far away for fglrx. 10-6 even missed a 1 liner to support 2.6.34 out of the box - is that normal?

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              • emergence
                Phoronix Member
                • Jun 2010
                • 55

                Originally posted by Kano View Post
                So you like to get 12 driver releases a year? Wow, that's something the Linux world needs. A fixed release day is basically no requirement for a driver, however a driver should be as bugfree as possible and support at least all current kernel/xservers without patching, but that development goal is far away for fglrx. 10-6 even missed a 1 liner to support 2.6.34 out of the box - is that normal?
                What I really meant is if they fixed some important issue like tear-free multi-monitor support or just tearing, why wait months before getting one's hands on these fixes.

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                • tmpdir
                  Senior Member
                  • Aug 2008
                  • 348

                  Originally posted by Kano View Post
                  So you like to get 12 driver releases a year? Wow, that's something the Linux world needs. A fixed release day is basically no requirement for a driver, however a driver should be as bugfree as possible and support at least all current kernel/xservers without patching, but that development goal is far away for fglrx. 10-6 even missed a 1 liner to support 2.6.34 out of the box - is that normal?
                  actually most users benefit from a monthly driver release. It enables them to get their hands on every month of progress. Although I don't like every release... I do like the release planning.

                  Don't think that "bugfree as possible" and "support for latest kernel/xservers" would be a realistic requirement. Working on such a project would be an utopia

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                  • Kano
                    Kanotix Developer
                    • Aug 2007
                    • 7924

                    The differences are just too small for monthly releases. Often you get a new driver with absolutely no diff to the one before. Maybe 1 pci id more or so. Nv times new releases when new products are out, new kernels, new xservers. That's definitely better.

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                    • RealNC
                      Senior Member
                      • Jul 2008
                      • 4247

                      Well, we've been criticizing AMD/ATI for ages now about this, but they've repeatedly told us that they simply don't give a **** about recent X and kernels. They only care about supported distros (and then only with their default settings and packages; tweakers should go screw themselves) not Linux in general.

                      So you can talk and talk all day long. They simply, and officially, don't care about this.

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