Changeset b26bc4c for x/installing/x7driver-ati.xml

Timestamp:

08/22/2013 01:12:00 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

Krejzi <krejzi@…>

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:

f7e0baa

Parents:

0274895f

Message:

Package updates and some minor fixes.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@11670 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• x/installing/x7driver-ati.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

x/installing/x7driver-ati.xml

@@ -97 +97 @@
       <note>
         <para>
-          This is <emphasis>required for "South Islands" GPUs</emphasis>
+          This is <emphasis>required for "Southern Islands" GPUs</emphasis>
           but optional for R300 to R700, Evergreen and "Northern Islands"
-          GPUs - see the link under "Glamor Acceleration" below.)
+          GPUs - see the link under "Glamor Acceleration" below.
         </para>
       </note>
@@ -186 +186 @@
       <para>
         <parameter>--enable-glamor</parameter>: This switch enables
-        new GL-based acceleration. As well as specifying this in the
-        build, it needs to be enabled at run time (see below).
+        new GL-based 2D acceleration. As well as specifying this in the
+        build, it needs to be enabled at run time (see below). It is,
+        however, enabled by default for Radeon <!-- since 7.2.0 -->
+        "Southern Islands" and newer GPUs.
       </para>
 
@@ -198 +200 @@
         Glamor is an acceleration library which uses cards' 3D capabilities
         to accelerate 2D rendering. Glamor acceleration is required for
-        Radeon "South Islands" GPUs which use "radeonsi" Gallium3D driver
+        Radeon "Southern Islands" GPUs which use "radeonsi" Gallium3D driver
         from <xref linkend="mesalib"/>. To see which cards fall under
-        "South Islands" category, read the
+        "Southern Islands" category, read the
         <ulink url="&radeon-marketing-names;">
         Decoder ring for engineering vs marketing names</ulink>. Please note
@@ -208 +210 @@
 
       <para>
-        Glamor acceleration is not enabled by default. You have to use a
+        Glamor acceleration is not enabled by default for chipsets that don't
+        use "radeonsi" Gallium3D driver. You have to use a
         <filename>xorg.conf</filename> file to enable it. To enable
-        Glamor, create the following
-        <filename>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</filename> as the
+        Glamor for cards other than "Southern Islands" and later, create the
+        following <filename>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</filename> as the
         <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
       </para>