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Re: ATI Radeon HD 4350 - no Xv - drm(4) support missing?



On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:23:45AM +0200, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:21:25AM +0200, Bernd Ernesti wrote:
> > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:48:51AM +0200, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> > > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 07:07:22AM +0200, Bernd Ernesti wrote:
> > > > > Still no XV, as expected.
> > > > 
> > > > Yeah, because our source code doesn't handle the 'new' generation of 
> > > > chips.
> > > > 
> > > > > Suggestions for a next step?
> > > > 
> > > > The drm code needs to be updated, but thats not all. The mesa libraries
> > > > needs to be updated too, which also means more other updates for libdrm
> > > > and the xserver.
> > > 
> > > Just to clarify: The steps you mention here are for accelerated 3D
> > > support, right? (Above I was talking about Xv/2D.)
> > 
> > No, you need DRM for Xv/2D too because thats how the newer chips
> > are working.
> 
> Yes, I need the drm kernel module.
> Do I need libdrm for 2d?
> Do I need Mesa for 2d?

IMHO updating one part means updating all other parts, because they depend on
a specific version.

Bernd



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