On 2018-09-10 1:23 p.m., Felix Miata wrote: > Michel Dänzer composed on 2018-09-10 12:15 (UTC+0200): >> Felix Miata wrote: >>> Michel Dänzer composed on 2018-09-10 09:24 (UTC+0200): >>>> Felix Miata wrote: > >>>> The recommended driver for ATI/AMD GPUs using the radeon kernel driver >>>> is the xf86-video-ati radeon driver, which supports hardware >>>> acceleration for your GPU via EXA. > > [...] > >> If the radeon and amdgpu drivers are installed, the appropriate one is >> used by default automagically. > > Do you not agree that the merger of all functionality of > xf86-video-modesetting > into the server made xf86-video-* optional software for most installed GPUs?
If I agreed with that, I wouldn't make the recommendation above. > [...] modesetting driver, the video driver that had been if not is > responsible for the most commits[1], [...] FWIW, xf86-video-ati has had more than twice as many commits as the modesetting driver over the last two years. As for being able to use glamor, the rule of thumb is >= R600 for AMD and IIRC >= i965 for Intel, other than that I'm not sure. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.amd.com Libre software enthusiast | Mesa and X developer _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
