> i found a dirt cheap Radeon 7k that i'm going to go for.  how well 
> does it
> work with netbsd/macppc and xfree86?  i don't mind patching XFree86.

i had a similar question posted on september 10th, and i got following 
answer from m. kolb (he uses a Radeon 7500) including his X86Config:

>> has anybody X running on a Power Mac using a Radeon? Is there 
>> something
>> to tweak?
>
> I have it working on my g4 quicksilver with the stock Radeon 7500.
> There was a time when I needed to use a patched radeon driver from
> A.Briggs, but that time has passed.  I just use the stock build and it
> works fine. Here is my XF86Config file:
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier      "wsfb"
>         Screen  0       "Screen0" 0 0
>         InputDevice    "wsmouse0" "CorePointer"
>         InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
> 	FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
> 	FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
> 	FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
> 	FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> 	FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
>     Load        "type1"
>     Load        "freetype"
>     Load        "glx"
>     Load        "extmod"
>     Load	"GLcore"
>     Load	"bitmap"
>     Load	"dbe"
>     Load	"ddc"
>     Load	"dri"
>     Load	"int10"
>     Load	"record"
>     Load	"speedo"
>     Load	"vbe"
> EndSection
>
> # All Sun keyboards (USB Type 6, Serial Type 3/4/5/6)
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>         Driver      "keyboard"
>         Option      "Protocol"    "wskbd"
>         Option      "Device"      "/dev/wskbd"
>         Option      "XkbRules"    "xfree86"
>         Option      "XkbLayout"   "us"
> EndSection
>
> # USB Mice
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "wsmouse0"
>         Driver          "mouse"
>         Option          "Protocol" "wsmouse"
>         Option          "Device"   "/dev/wsmouse1"
> 	Option		"ZAzisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> # All monitors
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "Monitor"
>         VendorName   "Mitsubishi"
>         ModelName    "Diamond Plus 73"
>         HorizSync    31-70
>         VertRefresh  55-120
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier	"Radeon 7500"
> 	Driver		"radeon"
> EndSection
>
>
> # All framebuffers
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Radeon 7500"
>         Monitor    "Monitor"
>         DefaultDepth 24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     8
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     16
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     24
> 	Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection

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