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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY radeon-wiki "http://wiki.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature">
8 <!ENTITY radeon-marketing-names "&radeon-wiki;#Decoder_ring_for_engineering_vs_marketing_names">
9
10 <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-version "7.7.0">
11
12 <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-download-http "&xorg-download-http;/driver/xf86-video-ati-&xorg-ati-driver-version;.tar.bz2">
13 <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-download-ftp "&xorg-download-ftp;/driver/xf86-video-ati-&xorg-ati-driver-version;.tar.bz2">
14 <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-md5sum "59bfe0feba875c5cd28b03766aaa3b98">
15 <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-size "810 KB">
16 <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-buildsize "20 MB">
17 <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-time "0.2 SBU">
18]>
19
20 <!-- Begin Xorg ATI Driver -->
21 <sect2 id="xorg-ati-driver" xreflabel="Xorg ATI Driver-&xorg-ati-driver-version;">
22
23 <title>Xorg ATI Driver-&xorg-ati-driver-version;</title>
24
25 <indexterm zone="xorg-ati-driver">
26 <primary sortas="a-xorg-ati-driver">xorg-ati-driver</primary>
27 </indexterm>
28
29 <sect3 role="package">
30 <title>Introduction to Xorg ATI Driver</title>
31
32 <para>
33 The <application>Xorg ATI Driver</application> package contains the X.Org
34 Video Driver for ATI Radeon video cards including all chipsets ranging
35 from R100 to R900 and the newer RAxx chipsets.
36 </para>
37
38 &lfs77_checked;
39
40 <note>
41 <para>
42 For Direct Rendering to work with newer Radeon Cards (R300 and later
43 chipsets), you need to enable the r300, r600 and radeonsi Gallium
44 drivers at <xref linkend="mesa"/> build time. Also, some cards
45 require Firmware to be available when the kernel driver is loaded.
46 Firmware can be obtained from <ulink
47 url="&sources-anduin-http;/linux-firmware/"/>.
48 See <xref linkend="xorg-ati-firmware-kernel"/> below for additional
49 firmware.
50 </para>
51 </note>
52
53 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Package Information</bridgehead>
54 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
55 <listitem>
56 <para>
57 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xorg-ati-driver-download-http;"/>
58 </para>
59 </listitem>
60 <listitem>
61 <para>
62 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xorg-ati-driver-download-ftp;"/>
63 </para>
64 </listitem>
65 <listitem>
66 <para>
67 Download MD5 sum: &xorg-ati-driver-md5sum;
68 </para>
69 </listitem>
70 <listitem>
71 <para>
72 Download size: &xorg-ati-driver-size;
73 </para>
74 </listitem>
75 <listitem>
76 <para>
77 Estimated disk space required: &xorg-ati-driver-buildsize;
78 </para>
79 </listitem>
80 <listitem>
81 <para>
82 Estimated build time: &xorg-ati-driver-time;
83 </para>
84 </listitem>
85 </itemizedlist>
86
87 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Xorg ATI Driver Dependencies</bridgehead>
88
89 <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
90 <para role="required">
91 <xref linkend="xorg-server"/> (recommended to be built with glamor enabled)
92 </para>
93
94 <note>
95 <para>
96 Glamor is <emphasis>required for "Southern Islands" and later
97 GPUs</emphasis> but optional for R300 to R700, Evergreen and
98 "Northern Islands" GPUs - see the link in <xref
99 linkend="ati-glamor-accel"/> below.
100 </para>
101 </note>
102
103 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
104 User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xorg-ati-driver"/>
105 </para>
106 </sect3>
107
108 <sect3 role="kernel" id="xorg-ati-driver-kernel">
109 <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
110
111 <para>
112 Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile
113 the kernel if necessary:
114 </para>
115
116<screen><literal>Device Drivers ---&gt;
117 Graphics support ---&gt;
118 Direct rendering Manager ---&gt;
119 &lt;*&gt; Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 ... support) ---&gt; [CONFIG_DRM]
120 &lt;*&gt; ATI Radeon [CONFIG_DRM_RADEON]</literal></screen>
121
122 <indexterm zone="xorg-ati-driver xorg-ati-driver-kernel">
123 <primary sortas="d-xorg-ati-driver">xorg-ati-driver</primary>
124 </indexterm>
125 </sect3>
126
127 <sect3 role="kernel" id="xorg-ati-firmware-kernel">
128 <title>Kernel Configuration for additional firmware</title>
129
130 <para>
131 If you need to add firmware, install the file(s) and then point to them in the
132 kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary. To find out which
133 firmware you need, consult the <ulink url="&radeon-marketing-names;">
134 Decoder ring for engineering vs marketing names</ulink>. Download any firmware
135 for your card which is named like:
136 <filename><replaceable>&lt;ENGINEERING_NAME&gt;</replaceable>_rlc.bin</filename>,
137 etc. Note that for R600 and R700 family, generic
138 <filename>R600_rlc.bin</filename> and <filename>R700_rlc.bin</filename> are
139 necessary in adition to the model specific firmware, while for later generations
140 (Evergreen, "Northern Islands" and probably "Southern Islands") you need the
141 <filename>BTC_rlc.bin</filename> in adition to the model specific firmware.
142 Below is an example for Radeon HD6470, which is "Northern Islands" GPU with a
143 network card that also requires the firmware:
144 </para>
145
146<screen><literal>CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="radeon/BTC_rlc.bin radeon/CAICOS_mc.bin radeon/CAICOS_me.bin
147radeon/CAICOS_pfp.bin radeon/CAICOS_smc.bin rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw"
148CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware"</literal></screen>
149
150 <note>
151 <para>
152 CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE should all be on one line. It
153 is shown above as two lines for presentation only.
154 </para>
155 </note>
156
157 <tip>
158 <para>
159 You can check <command>dmesg</command> output after boot to see which firmware
160 is missing.
161 </para>
162 </tip>
163
164 <para>
165 Alternatively, if you change CONFIG_DRM_RADEON to '=m' in your .config
166 the firmware can be loaded automatically from /lib/firmware/radeon when
167 it installs the module. This offers a tiny space saving, but also means
168 that the screen will be blank for a longer time before the framebuffer
169 appears. Distros take this approach because it is not practical to
170 specify every possible firmware and the kernel would be excessively big.
171 </para>
172
173 <indexterm zone="xorg-ati-driver xorg-ati-firmware-kernel">
174 <primary sortas="d-xorg-ati-firmware">xorg-ati-firmware</primary>
175 </indexterm>
176 </sect3>
177
178 <sect3 role="installation">
179 <title>Installation of Xorg ATI Driver</title>
180
181 <para>
182 Install <application>Xorg ATI Driver</application> by running the following
183 commands:
184 </para>
185
186<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &amp;&amp;
187make</userinput></screen>
188
189 <para>
190 This package does not come with a test suite.
191 </para>
192
193 <para>
194 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
195 </para>
196
197<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
198 </sect3>
199
200 <sect3 id="ati-glamor-accel">
201 <title>Glamor Acceleration</title>
202
203 <para>
204 Glamor is an acceleration library which uses cards' 3D capabilities
205 to accelerate 2D rendering. Glamor acceleration is required for
206 Radeon "Southern Islands" GPUs which use "radeonsi" Gallium3D driver
207 from <xref linkend="mesa"/>. To see which cards fall under
208 "Southern Islands" category, read the
209 <ulink url="&radeon-marketing-names;">
210 Decoder ring for engineering vs marketing names</ulink>. Please note
211 that Glamor acceleration can be used with other chips as well, from the
212 R300 onwards. On at least some Northern Islands chips it is beneficial.
213 </para>
214
215 <para>
216 Glamor acceleration is not enabled by default for chipsets that don't
217 use "radeonsi" Gallium3D driver. You have to use an
218 <filename>xorg.conf</filename> file to enable it. To enable Glamor for
219 cards other than "Southern Islands" and later, create the following
220 file in <filename class="directory">/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d</filename>
221 as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
222 </para>
223
224<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-glamor.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
225<literal>Section "Device"
226 Identifier "radeon"
227 Driver "ati"
228 Option "AccelMethod" "glamor"
229EndSection</literal>
230EOF</userinput></screen>
231
232 </sect3>
233
234 <sect3 role="content">
235 <title>Contents</title>
236
237 <segmentedlist>
238 <segtitle>Installed Xorg Drivers</segtitle>
239
240 <seglistitem>
241 <seg>
242 ati_drv.so and radeon_drv.so
243 </seg>
244 </seglistitem>
245 </segmentedlist>
246
247 <variablelist>
248 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
249 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
250 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
251
252 <varlistentry id="ati_drv">
253 <term><filename class="libraryfile">ati_drv.so</filename></term>
254 <listitem>
255 <para>
256 is a wrapper driver for ATI video cards that autodetects ATI
257 video hardware and loads radeon, mach64 or r128 driver.
258 </para>
259 <indexterm zone="xorg-ati-driver ati_drv">
260 <primary sortas="c-ati_drv">ati_drv.so</primary>
261 </indexterm>
262 </listitem>
263 </varlistentry>
264
265 <varlistentry id="radeon_drv">
266 <term><filename class="libraryfile">radeon_drv.so</filename></term>
267 <listitem>
268 <para>
269 is an Xorg video driver for ATI Radeon based video cards.
270 </para>
271 <indexterm zone="xorg-ati-driver radeon_drv">
272 <primary sortas="c-radeon_drv">radeon_drv.so</primary>
273 </indexterm>
274 </listitem>
275 </varlistentry>
276
277 </variablelist>
278
279 </sect3>
280
281 </sect2>
282 <!-- End Xorg ATI Driver -->
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