= 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"
}}}