Changeset 63c6a08

Timestamp:

06/19/2013 12:35:50 AM (11 years ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

c1a0390

Parents:

4b6689d0

Message:

Tweak xf86-video-ati : Glamor is only required for South Islands, use a firmware url that browsers understand (http: to cgit), expand firmware text and add an example.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@11305 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• x/installing/x7driver.xml (modified) (5 diffs)

x/installing/x7driver.xml

@@ -1157 +1157 @@
           you will need to enable building of r300, r600 and radeonsi Gallium drivers in
           <xref linkend="mesalib"/> instructions. Also, some cards will require Firmware
-          to be available when kernel driver is loaded. Firmware can be obtained from
-          <ulink url="git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git">
-          Linux Firmware Repository</ulink>.
+          to be available when the kernel driver is loaded. Firmware can be obtained from
+          <ulink  url="http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/">
+          Linux Firmware</ulink>, either by cloning from
+          git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
+          or by using a Linux Firmware source tarball from a distro. See "Kernel
+          Configuration for additional firmware" below.
         </para>
       </note>
@@ -1199 +1202 @@
       <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Xorg ATI Driver Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
-      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended</bridgehead>
-      <para role="recommended">
-        <xref linkend="glamor-egl"/>
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
+      <para role="required">
+        <xref linkend="xorg-server"/>
+      </para>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Optional</bridgehead>
+      <para role="optional">
+        <xref linkend="glamor-egl"/> (This is <emphasis>required for "South Islands"
+        GPUs</emphasis> but optional for R300 to R700, Evergreen and "Northern Islands"
+        GPUs - see the link under "Glamor Acceleration" below.)
       </para>
 
@@ -1226 +1236 @@
     </sect3>
 
+    <sect3 role="kernel" id="xorg-ati-firmware-kernel">
+      <title>Kernel Configuration for additional firmware</title>
+
+    <para>
+      If you need to add firmware, install the file(s) and then point to them in the
+      kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary, e.g. (for a specific
+      R600 with a specific network adaptor which also needs firmware) :
+    </para>
+
+<screen><literal>CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="radeon/R600_rlc.bin rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw"
+CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware"
+</literal></screen>
+
+      <indexterm zone="xorg-ati-driver xorg-ati-firmware-kernel">
+        <primary sortas="d-xorg-ati-firmware">xorg-ati-firmware</primary>
+      </indexterm>
+    </sect3>
+
     <sect3 role="installation">
       <title>Installation of Xorg ATI Driver</title>
@@ -1253 +1281 @@
       <para>
         <parameter>--enable-glamor</parameter>: This switch enables
-        new GL-based acceleration.
+        new GL-based acceleration. As well as specifying this in the
+        build, it needs to be enabled at run time (see below).
       </para>
 
@@ -1269 +1298 @@
         <ulink url="&radeon-marketing-names;">
         Decoder ring for engineering vs marketing names</ulink>. Please note
-        that Glamor acceleration can be used with other chips as well, but
-        it has not been tested recently.
+        that Glamor acceleration can be used with other chips as well, from the
+        R300 onwards, but it has not been tested recently.
       </para>