Re: Radeon 9000 3D linux support? DRI experiences?

["Bryan J.Smith" <b.j.smith@ieee.org>]

A little research on ATI's *internal* designations go a *long* way.  :-)

ATI designates Radeon core designs by R-series, typically with the 
products of the same 0xx/1xx/2xx/3xx/4xx series being the same core.
There are also RV products, the "V" is for "Value" that may have 
modifications, short-cuts, missing features, etc...

R000 series:  Unknown support (I just don't know)
   Original Radeon/128 and similar

R100 series:  Freedomware DRI/GLX
   Radeon 7500
   Radeon 7500 SE (RV1xx)

R200 series:  Freedomware DRI/GLX
   Radeon 8500
   Radeon 9000
   Radeon 9100/9200 SE (RV2xx) - may vary

R300 series:  *NO* Freedomware drivers, only Freedomware 2D or 
Standardware (closed source) 3D from ATI
   Radeon 9500
   Radeon 9800
   Radeon 9600 SE (RV3xx)
   Radeon X300

R400 series:  As R300
   Radeon X800

(can't remember if the X600 is R3xx or R4xx).

Note that *not* all Radeon 9xxx products are R2xx, 9500+ are R3xx cores 
(with 0 Freedomware 3D).


Casey Boone wrote:
> ati mobility 9000s work just peachy with ati's driver
> i have one in my dell laptop
> if you are using fc3 i would recommend you install the driver from
> rpm.livna.org, i can get you the exact repo to add to your yum.conf if
> needed as it is (was?) in a special testing repo waiting to be
> included in the main repos
> Casey
> On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 08:11:12 -0600, NZG <ngustavson@emacinc.com> wrote:
>> Indeed they do, however this is somewhat confusing, as if you visit their
>> section on drivers for laptops it says:
>> 
>> https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27
>> 
>> It may be that each 9000 chip gets hooked up a little differently.
>> 
>> Which makes me wonder about how flexible their 8500+ driver is, and if it's
>> going to support OpenGL(or something equiv). Also I fear that since their
>> driver was written for an earlier model, it may work, but probably isn't
>> using the hardware acceleration the device actually provides.
>> They certainly don't seem real enthused about supporting the penguins.
>> The DRI stuff may have more man hours logged into this.
>> 
>> All of Acers support for their laptop is limited to Win XP.
>> http://support.acerpanam.com/synapse/forms/portal.cfm?website=AcerPanAm.com&originwebsite=AcerPanAm.com&pupv=pu&formid=3394#results
>> 
>> Of course, I may just be being paranoid, and it's possible that ATI's stuff
>> will work just fine, I just thought I'd poll the list to see if anyone had
>> personal experience with this.
>> 
>> thx,
>> NZG
>> 
>> On Wednesday 02 March 2005 20:31, Tom Conder wrote:
>> > The Linux driver on ATI's website states that it supports Radeon 8500
>> > and higher.
>> > https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=3380
>> >
>> > Tom
>> >
>> > NZG wrote:
>> > >Hello,
>> > >Finally got my tax return, and I'm looking at picking up one of the Acer
>> > >laptops that are popping up on tigerdirect, newegg, and such.
>> > >
>> > >Their GPU's are integrated Radeon 9000's.
>> > >I went to ATI's website, but they don't seem to offer a Linux driver for
>> > > them.
>> > >
>> > >The DRI project claims to offer 3D acceleration for ATI chips up to the
>> > > 9250, integrating with Mesa.
>> > >
>> > >In the past, I have not had much luck with Mesa, but I haven't really
>> > > messed with it all that much.
>> > >
>> > >Has anyone else been down this road that might have any advice?
>> > >
>> > >thx,
>> > >NZG.
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