Re: latest i386 radeondrmkms trials

["John D. Baker" <jdbaker%mylinuxisp.com@localhost>]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2015, John D. Baker wrote:

> Yes, this works.  With a minimal "xorg.conf":
> 
> Section	"Device"
> 	Option		"NoAccel"	"True"
> 	Identifier	"Card0"
> 	Driver		"radeon"
> EndSection
> 
> Xorg works very well.

To clarify, with the "NoAccel" option, basic operation works well.

Without acceleration, some highly-desirable applications of the
multimedia variety (mplayer in particular) are essentially unusable.

I didn't see a PR related to the i386 radeondrmkms panic, so I suppose
one is in order.

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