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| 5 | <guide link="/doc/en/ati-faq.xml"> |
5 | <guide> |
| 6 | <title>Gentoo Linux ATI FAQ</title> |
6 | <title>Gentoo Linux ATI FAQ</title> |
| 7 | |
7 | |
| 8 | <author title="Author"> |
8 | <author title="Author"> |
| 9 | <mail link="lu_zero@gentoo.org">Luca Barbato</mail> |
9 | <mail link="lu_zero@gentoo.org">Luca Barbato</mail> |
| 10 | </author> |
10 | </author> |
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| 28 | <license/> |
28 | <license/> |
| 29 | |
29 | |
| 30 | <version>1.8</version> |
30 | <version>2</version> |
| 31 | <date>2009-11-30</date> |
31 | <date>2010-07-13</date> |
| 32 | |
32 | |
| 33 | <chapter> |
33 | <chapter> |
| 34 | <title>Hardware Support</title> |
34 | <title>Hardware Support</title> |
| 35 | <section> |
35 | <section> |
| 36 | <title>Is my ATI board supported?</title> |
36 | <title>Is my ATI board supported?</title> |
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| 41 | link="http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/xorg">xorg-x11</uri>, at least for the |
41 | link="http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/xorg">xorg-x11</uri>, at least for the |
| 42 | 2D accelerated features. The 3D support is provided either by xorg-x11, or by |
42 | 2D accelerated features. The 3D support is provided either by xorg-x11, or by |
| 43 | ATI's <uri |
43 | ATI's <uri |
| 44 | link="http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html">closed |
44 | link="http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html">closed |
| 45 | source drivers</uri>. ATI's closed source driver only supports R600 and newer |
45 | source drivers</uri>. ATI's closed source driver only supports R600 and newer |
| 46 | GPUs. Older GPUs will use the mature xorg-x11 driver. |
46 | GPUs. Older GPUs will use the mature open source xorg-x11 driver. |
| 47 | </p> |
47 | </p> |
| 48 | |
48 | |
| 49 | <table> |
49 | <table> |
| 50 | <tr> |
50 | <tr> |
| 51 | <th>GPU</th> |
51 | <th>GPU</th> |
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| 77 | <ti>Radeon X1300 and higher</ti> |
77 | <ti>Radeon X1300 and higher</ti> |
| 78 | <ti>xorg</ti> |
78 | <ti>xorg</ti> |
| 79 | </tr> |
79 | </tr> |
| 80 | <tr> |
80 | <tr> |
| 81 | <ti>R600</ti> |
81 | <ti>R600</ti> |
| 82 | <ti>Radeon HD 2000 series</ti> |
82 | <ti>RadeonHD 2000 series</ti> |
| 83 | <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> |
83 | <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> |
| 84 | </tr> |
84 | </tr> |
| 85 | <tr> |
85 | <tr> |
| 86 | <ti>RV670</ti> |
86 | <ti>RV670</ti> |
| 87 | <ti>Radeon HD 3000 series</ti> |
87 | <ti>RadeonHD 3000 series</ti> |
| 88 | <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> |
88 | <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> |
| 89 | </tr> |
89 | </tr> |
| 90 | <tr> |
90 | <tr> |
| 91 | <ti>RV770</ti> |
91 | <ti>RV770</ti> |
| 92 | <ti>Radeon HD 4000 series</ti> |
92 | <ti>RadeonHD 4000 series</ti> |
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93 | <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> |
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94 | </tr> |
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95 | <tr> |
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96 | <ti>R800</ti> |
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97 | <ti>RadeonHD 5000 series, "Evergreen"</ti> |
| 93 | <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> |
98 | <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> |
| 94 | </tr> |
99 | </tr> |
| 95 | </table> |
100 | </table> |
| 96 | |
101 | |
| 97 | </body> |
102 | </body> |
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| 101 | I have an All-In-Wonder/Vivo board. Are the multimedia features supported? |
106 | I have an All-In-Wonder/Vivo board. Are the multimedia features supported? |
| 102 | </title> |
107 | </title> |
| 103 | <body> |
108 | <body> |
| 104 | |
109 | |
| 105 | <p> |
110 | <p> |
| 106 | The board's multimedia features are supported by <uri |
111 | You don't need to use anything special for the board's multimedia features; |
| 107 | link="http://gatos.sf.net">the GATOS project</uri>. These drivers have been |
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| 108 | merged into the Xorg tree. You don't need to use anything special; |
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| 109 | <c>x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati</c> will work just fine. |
112 | <c>x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati</c> will work just fine. |
| 110 | </p> |
113 | </p> |
| 111 | |
114 | |
| 112 | </body> |
115 | </body> |
| 113 | </section> |
116 | </section> |
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| 115 | <title>I'm not using an x86-based architecture. What are my options?</title> |
118 | <title>I'm not using an x86-based architecture. What are my options?</title> |
| 116 | <body> |
119 | <body> |
| 117 | |
120 | |
| 118 | <p> |
121 | <p> |
| 119 | X11 support on the PPC or Alpha platforms is quite similar to x86 X11 support. |
122 | X11 support on the PPC or Alpha platforms is quite similar to x86 X11 support. |
| 120 | However, ATI's closed source drivers are not supported on the PPC or Alpha, so |
123 | However, ATI's closed source Catalyst drivers are not supported on the PPC or |
| 121 | you cannot use the 3D features of the R300 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). If |
124 | Alpha, so you will have to use the open source drivers. The Catalyst drivers are |
| 122 | you have such a board and want it supported by X11, contact <uri |
125 | only available for x86 and AMD64. The open source xorg-x11 drivers should work |
| 123 | link="http://www.ati.com">ATI</uri> and ask them to release the specifications |
126 | well on all architectures. |
| 124 | for your system's GPU. The closed source driver for the AMD64 was released, so |
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| 125 | AMD64 users can now enjoy the same features as x86 users. |
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| 126 | </p> |
127 | </p> |
| 127 | |
128 | |
| 128 | <impo> |
129 | <impo> |
| 129 | To enable agpgart support for certain AMD64 chip sets, you have to disable |
130 | To enable agpgart support for certain old AMD64 chipsets, you have to disable |
| 130 | support for the K8 IOMMU. |
131 | support for the K8 IOMMU. |
| 131 | </impo> |
132 | </impo> |
| 132 | |
133 | |
| 133 | </body> |
134 | </body> |
| 134 | </section> |
135 | </section> |
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| 136 | <title>I have a laptop. Is my ATI Mobility model supported?</title> |
137 | <title>I have a laptop. Is my ATI Mobility model supported?</title> |
| 137 | <body> |
138 | <body> |
| 138 | |
139 | |
| 139 | <p> |
140 | <p> |
| 140 | It should be, but you may have a configuration issue due to the OEM PCI id that |
141 | It should be, but you may have a configuration issue due to the OEM PCI id that |
| 141 | such chips may have. In most cases, you may have to write the configuration |
142 | such chips may have. In such cases, you may have to write the configuration |
| 142 | file yourself. |
143 | file yourself. |
| 143 | </p> |
144 | </p> |
| 144 | |
145 | |
| 145 | </body> |
146 | </body> |
| 146 | </section> |
147 | </section> |
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