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

[Bernd Ernesti <netbsd%lists.veego.de@localhost>]

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.

Bernd