[57da0547] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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[44ad7753] | 6 |
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[57da0547] | 7 | <!ENTITY radeon-wiki "http://wiki.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY radeon-marketing-names "&radeon-wiki;#Decoder_ring_for_engineering_vs_marketing_names">
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| 9 |
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[469ebd91] | 10 | <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-version "7.2.0">
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[57da0547] | 11 |
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| 12 | <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-download-http "&xorg-download-http;/driver/xf86-video-ati-&xorg-ati-driver-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-download-ftp "&xorg-download-ftp;/driver/xf86-video-ati-&xorg-ati-driver-version;.tar.bz2">
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[469ebd91] | 14 | <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-md5sum "5ab9a826699e5c86ef89fca43ebb3821">
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| 15 | <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-size "806 KB">
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[57da0547] | 16 | <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-buildsize "18 MB">
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| 17 | <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-time "0.2 SBU">
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[44ad7753] | 18 | ]>
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[57da0547] | 19 |
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| 20 | <!-- Begin Xorg ATI Driver -->
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| 21 | <sect2 id="xorg-ati-driver" xreflabel="Xorg ATI Driver-&xorg-ati-driver-version;">
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>Xorg ATI Driver-&xorg-ati-driver-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="xorg-ati-driver">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-xorg-ati-driver">xorg-ati-driver</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect3 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to Xorg ATI Driver</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>
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| 33 | The <application>Xorg ATI Driver</application> package contains the X.Org
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| 34 | Video Driver for ATI Radeon video cards including all chipsets ranging
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| 35 | from R100 to R900 and the newer RAxx chipsets.
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| 36 | </para>
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| 37 |
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[cc91b9d2] | 38 | &lfs74_checked;
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[57da0547] | 39 |
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| 40 | <note>
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| 41 | <para>
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| 42 | For Direct Rendering to work with newer Radeon Cards (R300 and later chipsets),
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| 43 | you need to enable the r300, r600 and radeonsi Gallium drivers at
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| 44 | <xref linkend="mesalib"/> build time. Also, some cards require Firmware to be
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| 45 | available when the kernel driver is loaded. Firmware can be obtained from
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| 46 | <ulink url="http://people.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/radeon_ucode/">
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| 47 | this</ulink> site. See "Kernel Configuration for additional firmware" below.
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| 48 | </para>
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| 49 | </note>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 52 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xorg-ati-driver-download-http;"/>
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| 56 | </para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xorg-ati-driver-download-ftp;"/>
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| 61 | </para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Download MD5 sum: &xorg-ati-driver-md5sum;
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| 66 | </para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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| 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Download size: &xorg-ati-driver-size;
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| 71 | </para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | <listitem>
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| 74 | <para>
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| 75 | Estimated disk space required: &xorg-ati-driver-buildsize;
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| 76 | </para>
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| 77 | </listitem>
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| 78 | <listitem>
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| 79 | <para>
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| 80 | Estimated build time: &xorg-ati-driver-time;
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| 81 | </para>
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| 82 | </listitem>
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| 83 | </itemizedlist>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Xorg ATI Driver Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
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| 88 | <para role="required">
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| 89 | <xref linkend="xorg-server"/>
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| 90 | </para>
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| 91 |
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[1432921] | 92 | <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 93 | <para role="Recommended">
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[57da0547] | 94 | <xref linkend="glamor-egl"/>
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| 95 | </para>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <note>
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| 98 | <para>
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[b26bc4c] | 99 | This is <emphasis>required for "Southern Islands" GPUs</emphasis>
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[57da0547] | 100 | but optional for R300 to R700, Evergreen and "Northern Islands"
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[b26bc4c] | 101 | GPUs - see the link under "Glamor Acceleration" below.
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[57da0547] | 102 | </para>
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| 103 | </note>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 106 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xorg-ati-driver"/>
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| 107 | </para>
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| 108 | </sect3>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <sect3 role="kernel" id="xorg-ati-driver-kernel">
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| 111 | <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <para>
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| 114 | Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the
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| 115 | kernel if necessary:
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| 116 | </para>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <screen><literal>Device Drivers --->
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| 119 | Graphics support --->
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| 120 | ATI Radeon: Y or M</literal></screen>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <indexterm zone="xorg-ati-driver xorg-ati-driver-kernel">
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| 123 | <primary sortas="d-xorg-ati-driver">xorg-ati-driver</primary>
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| 124 | </indexterm>
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| 125 | </sect3>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <sect3 role="kernel" id="xorg-ati-firmware-kernel">
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| 128 | <title>Kernel Configuration for additional firmware</title>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <para>
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| 131 | If you need to add firmware, install the file(s) and then point to them in the
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| 132 | kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary. To find out which
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| 133 | firmware you need, consult the <ulink url="&radeon-marketing-names;">
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| 134 | Decoder ring for engineering vs marketing names</ulink>. Download any firmware
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| 135 | for your card which is named like:
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| 136 | <filename><replaceable><ENGINEERING_NAME></replaceable>_rlc.bin</filename>,
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| 137 | etc. Note that for R600 and R700 family, generic
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| 138 | <filename>R600_rlc.bin</filename> and <filename>R700_rlc.bin</filename> are
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| 139 | necessary in adition to the model specific firmware, while for later generations
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| 140 | (Evergreen, "Northern Islands" and probably "Southern Islands") you need the
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| 141 | <filename>BTC_rlc.bin</filename> in adition to the model specific firmware.
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| 142 | Below is an example for Radeon HD6470, which is "Northern Islands" GPU with a
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| 143 | network card that also requires the firmware:
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| 144 | </para>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <screen><literal>CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="radeon/BTC_rlc.bin radeon/CAICOS_mc.bin radeon/CAICOS_me.bin radeon/CAICOS_pfp.bin radeon/CAICOS_smc.bin rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw"
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| 147 | CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware"</literal></screen>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <tip>
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| 150 | <para>
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| 151 | You can check <command>dmesg</command> output after boot to see which firmware
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| 152 | is missing.
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| 153 | </para>
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| 154 | </tip>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <indexterm zone="xorg-ati-driver xorg-ati-firmware-kernel">
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| 157 | <primary sortas="d-xorg-ati-firmware">xorg-ati-firmware</primary>
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| 158 | </indexterm>
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| 159 | </sect3>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <sect3 role="installation">
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| 162 | <title>Installation of Xorg ATI Driver</title>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <para>
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| 165 | Install <application>Xorg ATI Driver</application> by running the following
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| 166 | commands:
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| 167 | </para>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG --enable-glamor &&
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| 170 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | <para>
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| 173 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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| 174 | </para>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | <para>
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| 177 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 178 | </para>
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| 179 |
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| 180 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 181 | </sect3>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <sect3>
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| 184 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <para>
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| 187 | <parameter>--enable-glamor</parameter>: This switch enables
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[b26bc4c] | 188 | new GL-based 2D acceleration. As well as specifying this in the
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| 189 | build, it needs to be enabled at run time (see below). It is,
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| 190 | however, enabled by default for Radeon <!-- since 7.2.0 -->
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| 191 | "Southern Islands" and newer GPUs.
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[57da0547] | 192 | </para>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | </sect3>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <sect3>
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| 197 | <title>Glamor Acceleration</title>
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| 198 |
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| 199 | <para>
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| 200 | Glamor is an acceleration library which uses cards' 3D capabilities
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| 201 | to accelerate 2D rendering. Glamor acceleration is required for
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[b26bc4c] | 202 | Radeon "Southern Islands" GPUs which use "radeonsi" Gallium3D driver
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[57da0547] | 203 | from <xref linkend="mesalib"/>. To see which cards fall under
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[b26bc4c] | 204 | "Southern Islands" category, read the
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[57da0547] | 205 | <ulink url="&radeon-marketing-names;">
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| 206 | Decoder ring for engineering vs marketing names</ulink>. Please note
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| 207 | that Glamor acceleration can be used with other chips as well, from the
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| 208 | R300 onwards, but it has not been tested recently.
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| 209 | </para>
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| 210 |
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| 211 | <para>
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[b26bc4c] | 212 | Glamor acceleration is not enabled by default for chipsets that don't
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| 213 | use "radeonsi" Gallium3D driver. You have to use a
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[57da0547] | 214 | <filename>xorg.conf</filename> file to enable it. To enable
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[b26bc4c] | 215 | Glamor for cards other than "Southern Islands" and later, create the
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| 216 | following <filename>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</filename> as the
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[57da0547] | 217 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 218 | </para>
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| 219 |
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| 220 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf << "EOF"
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| 221 | <literal>Section "Module"
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| 222 | Load "dri2"
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| 223 | Load "glamoregl"
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| 224 | EndSection
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| 225 |
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| 226 | Section "Device"
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| 227 | Identifier "radeon"
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| 228 | Driver "radeon"
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| 229 | Option "AccelMethod" "glamor"
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| 230 | EndSection</literal>
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| 231 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 232 |
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| 233 | </sect3>
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| 234 |
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| 235 | <sect3 role="content">
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| 236 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 237 |
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| 238 | <segmentedlist>
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| 239 | <segtitle>Installed Xorg Drivers</segtitle>
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| 240 |
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| 241 | <seglistitem>
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| 242 | <seg>
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| 243 | ati_drv.so and radeon_drv.so
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| 244 | </seg>
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| 245 | </seglistitem>
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| 246 | </segmentedlist>
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| 247 |
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| 248 | <variablelist>
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| 249 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 250 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 251 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | <varlistentry id="ati_drv">
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| 254 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">ati_drv.so</filename></term>
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| 255 | <listitem>
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| 256 | <para>
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| 257 | is a wrapper driver for ATI video cards that autodetects ATI
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| 258 | video hardware and loads radeon, mach64 or r128 driver.
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| 259 | </para>
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| 260 | <indexterm zone="xorg-ati-driver ati_drv">
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| 261 | <primary sortas="c-ati_drv">ati_drv.so</primary>
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| 262 | </indexterm>
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| 263 | </listitem>
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| 264 | </varlistentry>
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| 265 |
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| 266 | <varlistentry id="radeon_drv">
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| 267 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">radeon_drv.so</filename></term>
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| 268 | <listitem>
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| 269 | <para>
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| 270 | is an Xorg video driver for ATI Radeon based video cards.
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| 271 | </para>
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| 272 | <indexterm zone="xorg-ati-driver radeon_drv">
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| 273 | <primary sortas="c-radeon_drv">radeon_drv.so</primary>
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| 274 | </indexterm>
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| 275 | </listitem>
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| 276 | </varlistentry>
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| 277 |
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| 278 | </variablelist>
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| 279 |
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| 280 | </sect3>
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| 281 |
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| 282 | </sect2>
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[44ad7753] | 283 | <!-- End Xorg ATI Driver -->
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