As I've mentioned a couple times recently, I run direct Linus kernel git. Previously I've waited until rc2 or so before trying the new development kernel, but I got bored and decided to try following the kernel even in the merge window this time.
Sometime in the last 24 hours or so, Linus merged the Radeon KMS (kernel mode setting) code! I've been looking forward to this for a couple versions now, so am glad it's finally here! Presently, it's only thru the Radeon r5xx chip series, so thru the model x1950 cards. They'll add the newer r6xx/r7xx chips (beyond x1950 and the hd* cards) later. Of course I'm not actually running kms yet, as my X userspace isn't new enough (I don't think, AFAIK the xorg-server-1.6.1.901-r3 that I'm running should support it, but the xf86-video-ati-6.12.2 doesn't yet, I'd need the -9999 live git version for that, and would probably need to match it with the live-git xorg-server-9999 as well), so I've not enabled the kernel's radeon-kms-by-default option, which appears under the staging drivers for the moment. But it's in the kernel mainline now, and I'm running that kernel (2.6.30-6553-g65795ef) with no general observed issues ATM. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
