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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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| 6 |
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| 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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| 10 | <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-version "7.10.0">
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| 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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| 14 | <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-md5sum "0ff538f78ae82ccce384dadf7a705863">
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| 15 | <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-size "1.1 MB">
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| 16 | <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-buildsize "19 MB">
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| 17 | <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-time "0.2 SBU">
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| 18 | ]>
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| 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 | <sect2info>
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| 24 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 25 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 26 | </sect2info>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <title>Xorg ATI Driver-&xorg-ati-driver-version;</title>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <indexterm zone="xorg-ati-driver">
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| 31 | <primary sortas="a-xorg-ati-driver">xorg-ati-driver</primary>
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| 32 | </indexterm>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <sect3 role="package">
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| 35 | <title>Introduction to Xorg ATI Driver</title>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <para>
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| 38 | The <application>Xorg ATI Driver</application> package contains the X.Org
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| 39 | Video Driver for ATI Radeon video cards including all chipsets ranging
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| 40 | from R100 to the "Volcanic Islands" chipsets.
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| 41 | </para>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | &lfs81_checked;
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <note>
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| 46 | <para>
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| 47 | For Direct Rendering to work with newer Radeon Cards (R300 and later
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| 48 | chipsets), you need to enable the r300, r600 and radeonsi Gallium
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| 49 | drivers at <xref linkend="mesa"/> build time. Also, some cards
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| 50 | require Firmware to be available when the kernel driver is loaded.
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| 51 | Firmware can be obtained from <ulink
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| 52 | url="&sources-anduin-http;/linux-firmware/"/>.
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| 53 | See <xref linkend="xorg-ati-firmware-kernel"/> below for additional
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| 54 | firmware.
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| 55 | </para>
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| 56 | </note>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 59 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>
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| 62 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xorg-ati-driver-download-http;"/>
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| 63 | </para>
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| 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | <listitem>
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| 66 | <para>
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| 67 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xorg-ati-driver-download-ftp;"/>
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| 68 | </para>
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| 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | <listitem>
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| 71 | <para>
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| 72 | Download MD5 sum: &xorg-ati-driver-md5sum;
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| 73 | </para>
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| 74 | </listitem>
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| 75 | <listitem>
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| 76 | <para>
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| 77 | Download size: &xorg-ati-driver-size;
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| 78 | </para>
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| 79 | </listitem>
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| 80 | <listitem>
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| 81 | <para>
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| 82 | Estimated disk space required: &xorg-ati-driver-buildsize;
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| 83 | </para>
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| 84 | </listitem>
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| 85 | <listitem>
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| 86 | <para>
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| 87 | Estimated build time: &xorg-ati-driver-time;
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| 88 | </para>
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| 89 | </listitem>
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| 90 | </itemizedlist>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Xorg ATI Driver Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
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| 95 | <para role="required">
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| 96 | <xref linkend="xorg-server"/> (recommended to be built with glamor enabled)
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| 97 | </para>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <note>
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| 100 | <para>
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| 101 | Glamor is required for Southern, Sea or Volcanic Islands GPUs, and
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| 102 | used by default in all other R600 or later radeon GPUs. To see which
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| 103 | GPUs are in these categories, read the <ulink url="&radeon-marketing-names;">
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| 104 | Decoder ring for engineering vs marketing names</ulink>.
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| 105 | </para>
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| 106 | </note>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 109 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xorg-ati-driver"/>
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| 110 | </para>
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| 111 | </sect3>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <sect3 role="kernel" id="xorg-ati-driver-kernel">
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| 114 | <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <para>
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| 117 | Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile
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| 118 | the kernel if necessary:
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| 119 | </para>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <screen><literal>Device Drivers --->
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| 122 | Graphics support --->
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| 123 | <*> Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 ... support) ---> [CONFIG_DRM]
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| 124 | <*> ATI Radeon [CONFIG_DRM_RADEON]</literal></screen>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <indexterm zone="xorg-ati-driver xorg-ati-driver-kernel">
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| 127 | <primary sortas="d-xorg-ati-driver">xorg-ati-driver</primary>
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| 128 | </indexterm>
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| 129 | </sect3>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <sect3 role="kernel" id="xorg-ati-firmware-kernel">
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| 132 | <title>Kernel Configuration for additional firmware</title>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <para>
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| 135 | If you need to add firmware, install the file(s) and then point to them in the
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| 136 | kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary. To find out which
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| 137 | firmware you need, consult the <ulink url="&radeon-marketing-names;">
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| 138 | Decoder ring for engineering vs marketing names</ulink>. Download any firmware
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| 139 | for your card which is named like:
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| 140 | <filename><replaceable><ENGINEERING_NAME></replaceable>_rlc.bin</filename>,
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| 141 | etc. Note that for R600 and R700 family, generic
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| 142 | <filename>R600_rlc.bin</filename> and <filename>R700_rlc.bin</filename> are
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| 143 | necessary in addition to the model specific firmware, while for later generations
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| 144 | you need the
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| 145 | <filename>BTC_rlc.bin</filename> in addition to the model specific firmware.
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| 146 | Below is an example for Radeon HD6470, which is "Northern Islands" GPU with a
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| 147 | network card that also requires the firmware:
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| 148 | </para>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <screen><literal>CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="radeon/BTC_rlc.bin radeon/CAICOS_mc.bin radeon/CAICOS_me.bin
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| 151 | radeon/CAICOS_pfp.bin radeon/CAICOS_smc.bin rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw"
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| 152 | CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware"</literal></screen>
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| 153 |
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| 154 | <note><para>CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE should all be on one line. It
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| 155 | is shown above as two lines for presentation only.</para></note>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <tip>
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| 158 | <para>
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| 159 | You can check <command>dmesg</command> output after boot to see which firmware
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| 160 | is missing.
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| 161 | </para>
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| 162 | </tip>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <para>
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| 165 | Alternatively, if you change CONFIG_DRM_RADEON to '=m' in your .config
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| 166 | the firmware can be loaded automatically from /lib/firmware/radeon when
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| 167 | it installs the module. This offers a tiny space saving, but also means
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| 168 | that the screen will be blank for a longer time before the framebuffer
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| 169 | appears. Distros take this approach because it is not practical to
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| 170 | specify every possible firmware and the kernel would be excessively big.
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| 171 | </para>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <indexterm zone="xorg-ati-driver xorg-ati-firmware-kernel">
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| 174 | <primary sortas="d-xorg-ati-firmware">xorg-ati-firmware</primary>
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| 175 | </indexterm>
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| 176 | </sect3>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <sect3 role="installation">
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| 179 | <title>Installation of Xorg ATI Driver</title>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <para>
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| 182 | Install <application>Xorg ATI Driver</application> by running the following
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| 183 | commands:
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| 184 | </para>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
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| 187 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <para>
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| 190 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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| 191 | </para>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | <para>
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| 194 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 195 | </para>
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| 196 |
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| 197 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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| 198 | install -v -m644 conf/10-radeon.conf \
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| 199 | $XORG_PREFIX/share/X11/xorg.conf.d
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| 200 | </userinput></screen>
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| 201 | </sect3>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <!--
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| 204 | <sect3 id="ati-glamor-accel">
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| 205 | <title>Glamor Acceleration</title>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <para>
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| 208 | Glamor is an acceleration library which uses cards' 3D capabilities
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| 209 | to accelerate 2D rendering. Glamor acceleration is either required
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| 210 | or used by default for all R600 and later GPUs. To see which GPUs are
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| 211 | in these categories, read the <ulink url="&radeon-marketing-names;">
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| 212 | Decoder ring for engineering vs marketing names</ulink>.
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| 213 | </para>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | <para>
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| 216 | Please note
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| 217 | that Glamor acceleration can be used with other chips as well, from the
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| 218 | R300 onwards. On at least some Northern Islands chips it is beneficial.
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| 219 | </para>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | <para>
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| 222 | Glamor acceleration is not enabled by default for chipsets that don't
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| 223 | use "radeonsi" Gallium3D driver. You have to use an
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| 224 | <filename>xorg.conf</filename> file to enable it. To enable
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| 225 | Glamor for cards other than "Southern Islands" and later, create the
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| 226 | following file in
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| 227 | <filename class="directory">${XORG_PREFIX}/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/</filename>
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| 228 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 229 | </para>
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| 230 |
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| 231 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> ${XORG_PREFIX}/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-glamor.conf << "EOF"
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| 232 | <literal>Section "Device"
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| 233 | Identifier "radeon"
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| 234 | Driver "ati"
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| 235 | Option "AccelMethod" "glamor"
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| 236 | EndSection</literal>
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| 237 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | </sect3>-->
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| 240 |
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| 241 | <sect3 role="commands">
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| 242 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 243 |
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <para>
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| 246 | <command>install -v -m644 conf/10-radeon.conf ...</command>: this
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| 247 | ensures that the radeon driver can be loaded automatically even if
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| 248 | the ati wrapper driver has not been installed.
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| 249 | </para>
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| 250 |
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| 251 | </sect3>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | <sect3 role="content">
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| 254 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 255 |
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| 256 | <segmentedlist>
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| 257 | <segtitle>Installed Xorg Drivers</segtitle>
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| 258 |
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| 259 | <seglistitem>
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| 260 | <seg>
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| 261 | ati_drv.so and radeon_drv.so
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| 262 | </seg>
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| 263 | </seglistitem>
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| 264 | </segmentedlist>
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| 265 |
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| 266 | <variablelist>
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| 267 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 268 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 269 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 270 |
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| 271 | <varlistentry id="ati_drv">
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| 272 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">ati_drv.so</filename></term>
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| 273 | <listitem>
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| 274 | <para>
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| 275 | is a wrapper driver for ATI video cards that autodetects ATI
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| 276 | video hardware and loads radeon, mach64 or r128 driver.
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| 277 | </para>
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| 278 | <indexterm zone="xorg-ati-driver ati_drv">
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| 279 | <primary sortas="c-ati_drv">ati_drv.so</primary>
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| 280 | </indexterm>
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| 281 | </listitem>
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| 282 | </varlistentry>
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| 283 |
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| 284 | <varlistentry id="radeon_drv">
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| 285 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">radeon_drv.so</filename></term>
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| 286 | <listitem>
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| 287 | <para>
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| 288 | is an Xorg video driver for ATI Radeon based video cards.
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| 289 | </para>
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| 290 | <indexterm zone="xorg-ati-driver radeon_drv">
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| 291 | <primary sortas="c-radeon_drv">radeon_drv.so</primary>
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| 292 | </indexterm>
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| 293 | </listitem>
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| 294 | </varlistentry>
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| 295 |
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| 296 | </variablelist>
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| 297 |
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| 298 | </sect3>
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| 299 |
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| 300 | </sect2>
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| 301 | <!-- End Xorg ATI Driver -->
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