r6xx-r7xx-branch
Here are some instructions in order to try out the experimental branch.
Current status is :
* It should provide EXA acceleration, Xv acceleration.
* AGP cards are not working at the moment.
* fonts don't display properly
how to build
- checkout the source for the drm and xf86-video-radeonhd
git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-radeonhd git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/mesa/drm
- switch to the experimental branch : in each directory do :
git checkout -b r6xx-r7xx-support origin/r6xx-r7xx-support
- build the drm modules :
cd drm/linux-core make radeon.ko drm.ko sudo cp radeon.ko drm.ko /lib/modules/YOUR_KERNEL_VERSION/kernel/drivers/char/drm/
This last path will likely depend upon your linux distribution.
- build and install the radeonhd driver (see other pages on the wiki for full instructions) :
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr make sudo make install
configure your xorg.conf ; you need at least two options in the Device section :
Option "AccelMethod" "exa" # default shadowfb
Option "DRI" "on"