ATI Releases AIGLX Linux Driver 113
Michael writes "A month after AMD released a Radeon HD 2000 'R600' Linux driver based on their new Linux driver codebase, they have now released another driver that provides AIGLX support used for Compiz and Compiz Fusion. In addition to this long-awaited AIGLX support, this driver also addresses issues with previous Radeon product families, performance improvements, AGP fixes, and added features to their graphical control panel. Phoronix has a review of the 8.42 Linux driver with all of the details about this much-anticipated release."
Re:That's great but... (Score:3, Insightful)
No support for 2.6.23 (Score:2, Insightful)
Skilled folks, those ATI engineers..
Re:Bullshit... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Bullshit... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Bullshit... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Finally!!!! (Score:3, Insightful)
The bad thing for us R3xx owners is now that all the specs are open for R5xx and R6xx, I don't think there will be much more work on the older cards. I wouldn't want to do a bunch of reverse engineering for an old card when I could get docs for the new ones.
Separate stuff. (Score:5, Insightful)
The GP was speaking about the opensource drivers, which is a different project [livejournal.com]. Anyway, AMD/ATI has promised to help them too, and is currently in the process of releasing specs, step by step. Currently they have provided enough information for the mode setting :
- it's now possible to switch to a 2D mode using opensource drivers. Before that, VESA was the only working solution because of important change between the Radeon 2D architecture (up to R4x0 / Radeon X850) and the Avivo 2D architecture (from R5x0 Radeon X1x00 onward).
Other specs will follow step by step. Anyway, you'll still have to wait at least 1 year befor good and stable opensource drivers for Radeon HD 2900 start to popup in your favorite Linux/BSD distro. The good news from today's article is that until then the current closed source drivers are ratter good.
And AMD is promising to keep releasing specs for the opensource drivers project.
Re:So.. (Score:4, Insightful)
here is the 2.6.23 patch btw: http://pluto.blackbone-ev.de/atipatch.php [blackbone-ev.de]
but getting to that link implies READING THE ARTICLE and using a mouse. yeah i know... this is slashdot...
Re:Bullshit... (Score:2, Insightful)
Its progress... (Score:2, Insightful)