RadeonHD driver for Linux gets better RV6xx support and new features
Sunday 16th March 2008, 07:07:00 PM, written by Rys
The guys at SuSE (and other collaborators on the open project) have
released a new RadeonHD drive revision in the last couple of weeks that
adds better support for RV6xx variants and some other tweaks here and
there.
From the guys at Phoronix:
"Following a period of relative inactivity in the xf86-video-radeonhd git tree over the past few weeks, this afternoon Novell's Egbert Eich had pushed forward 55 changes to this open-source R500/600 driver. The AMD Radeon HD 3400 and 3600 series are now supported and there are a number of other significant changes. The RV620/635 mode-setting support has required the most significant work since the R500 series, since all output blocks have been altered due to the introduced DisplayPort capabilities. We have already tested out this latest code and were left with a positive impression."
The bulk of the changes, as mentioned, are to support new hardware and get the display output support in a state where DisplayPort gets to be more easily supported by the driver in supporting chips. It's not quite a 1.2 release (with 1.1 coming back in November), but it's close.
Find the full details at Phoronix.
From the guys at Phoronix:
"Following a period of relative inactivity in the xf86-video-radeonhd git tree over the past few weeks, this afternoon Novell's Egbert Eich had pushed forward 55 changes to this open-source R500/600 driver. The AMD Radeon HD 3400 and 3600 series are now supported and there are a number of other significant changes. The RV620/635 mode-setting support has required the most significant work since the R500 series, since all output blocks have been altered due to the introduced DisplayPort capabilities. We have already tested out this latest code and were left with a positive impression."
The bulk of the changes, as mentioned, are to support new hardware and get the display output support in a state where DisplayPort gets to be more easily supported by the driver in supporting chips. It's not quite a 1.2 release (with 1.1 coming back in November), but it's close.
Find the full details at Phoronix.
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