Changeset 2b04d83

Timestamp:

03/21/2017 08:49:12 PM (7 years ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

f95867c

Parents:

fec3659

Message:

Xorg ATI 7.9.0 driver: I have reworked the Note and commented the details about using Glamor now that it is the default for R600+, and clarified that this driver works for R100 to Volcanic Islands - I am unclear if Arctic Islands GPUs can be used with this or only with amdgpu.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@18525 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• x/installing/x7driver-ati.xml (modified) (7 diffs)
• x/installing/xorg-server.xml (modified) (1 diff)

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -46 +46 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Update to xf86-video-ati-7.9.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9009">#9009</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[renodr] - Update to gobject-introspection-1.52.0. Partially
           fixes <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9024">#9024</ulink>.</para>

x/installing/x7driver-ati.xml

@@ -8 +8 @@
   <!ENTITY radeon-marketing-names "&radeon-wiki;#Decoder_ring_for_engineering_vs_marketing_names">
 
-  <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-version "7.8.0">
+  <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-version "7.9.0">
 
   <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-download-http "&xorg-download-http;/driver/xf86-video-ati-&xorg-ati-driver-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-download-ftp  "&xorg-download-ftp;/driver/xf86-video-ati-&xorg-ati-driver-version;.tar.bz2">
-  <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-md5sum        "f34d04a755e761e03b459155fa3ddcbb">
-  <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-size          "826 KB">
-  <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-buildsize     "19 MB">
+  <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-md5sum        "bf3dfdae23879bdc0c8a7b955572ad90">
+  <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-size          "829 KB">
+  <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-buildsize     "20 MB">
   <!ENTITY xorg-ati-driver-time          "0.2 SBU">
 ]>
@@ -38 +38 @@
         The <application>Xorg ATI Driver</application> package contains the X.Org
         Video Driver for ATI Radeon video cards including all chipsets ranging
-        from R100 to R900 and the newer RAxx chipsets.
+        from R100 to the "Volcanic Islands" chipsets.
       </para>
 
@@ -99 +99 @@
       <note>
         <para>
-          Glamor is <emphasis>required for "Southern Islands" and later
-          GPUs</emphasis> but optional for R300 to R700, Evergreen and
-          "Northern Islands" GPUs - see the link in <xref
-          linkend="ati-glamor-accel"/> below.
+          Glamor is required for Southern, Sea or Volcanic Islands GPUs, and
+          used by default in all other R600 or later radeon GPUs. To see which
+          GPUs are in these categories, read the <ulink url="&radeon-marketing-names;">
+          Decoder ring for engineering vs marketing names</ulink>.
         </para>
       </note>
@@ -142 +142 @@
         <filename>R600_rlc.bin</filename> and <filename>R700_rlc.bin</filename> are
         necessary in addition to the model specific firmware, while for later generations
-        (Evergreen, "Northern Islands" and probably "Southern Islands") you need the
+        you need the
         <filename>BTC_rlc.bin</filename> in addition to the model specific firmware.
         Below is an example for Radeon HD6470, which is "Northern Islands" GPU with a
@@ -195 +195 @@
       </para>
 
-<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
-    </sect3>
-
+<screen role="root"><userinput>
+make install                         &amp;&amp;
+install -v -m644 conf/10-radeon.conf \
+  $XORG_CONFIG/share/X11/xorg.conf.d
+</userinput></screen>
+    </sect3>
+
+<!--
     <sect3 id="ati-glamor-accel">
       <title>Glamor Acceleration</title>
@@ -203 +208 @@
       <para>
         Glamor is an acceleration library which uses cards' 3D capabilities
-        to accelerate 2D rendering. Glamor acceleration is required for
-        Radeon "Southern Islands" GPUs which use "radeonsi" Gallium3D driver
-        from <xref linkend="mesa"/>. To see which cards fall under
-        "Southern Islands" category, read the
-        <ulink url="&radeon-marketing-names;">
-        Decoder ring for engineering vs marketing names</ulink>. Please note
+        to accelerate 2D rendering. Glamor acceleration is either required
+        or used by default for all R600 and later GPUs. To see which GPUs are
+        in these categories, read the <ulink url="&radeon-marketing-names;">
+        Decoder ring for engineering vs marketing names</ulink>.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+        Please note
         that Glamor acceleration can be used with other chips as well, from the
         R300 onwards. On at least some Northern Islands chips it is beneficial.
@@ -230 +237 @@
 EndSection</literal>
 EOF</userinput></screen>
+
+    </sect3>-->
+
+    <sect3 role="commands">
+    <title>Command Explanations</title>
+
+
+      <para>
+        <command>install -v -m644 conf/10-radeon.conf ...</command>: this
+        ensures that the radeon driver can be loaded automatically even if
+        the ati wrapper driver has not been installed.
+      </para>
 
     </sect3>

x/installing/xorg-server.xml

@@ -182 +182 @@
     <para>
       <parameter>--enable-glamor</parameter>: Build the Glamor DIX (Device
-      Independent X) module which is currently required for Southern Islands and
-      Sea Islands radeon video chipsets, optional for some other radeons, and
-      also optional for the intel driver. It is also used by the modesetting
-      driver (which is part of this package) for hardware using KMS which
-      offers acceleration.
+      Independent X) module which is currently used by: R600 or later radeon
+      video chipsets, the modesetting driver (which is part of this package)
+      for hardware using KMS which offers acceleration, and (optionally) the
+      intel driver.
     </para>