Re: [r300] - likely compatibility w rv360?

[Nicolai H. <pre...@gm...>]

On Tuesday 21 September 2004 20:18, Dag Bakke wrote:
> Hi.
>=20
> I am very happy to see that the more recent Radeons are being looked into.
>=20
> A few questions:
> 1. Is the rv360 (9600xt) close enough to the developers hardware to=20
> a) benefit from the 2d improvements already made w.r.t. CP acceleration
> b) be of any use for testing purposes
>=20
> If the answer to a) is "don't know" I'll be happy to try. But I'll
> skip it if somebody says "don't bother".

Yes, I think the rv360 is basically the same as one of the chips Vladimir=20
has, so it's definitely worth a try.
=20
> 2. Should I assume that you guys will stick to 6.7.0 until a more uptodate
> binary driver is available?

Actually, I'm using recent X.Org CVS for my DRI testing platform.

> 3. Anyone tried to patch 6.8.1 with the 2D patch?

Yes. There's a new patch on r300.sf.net which should work with 6.8.1,=20
although it's not pretty.

> and finally:
>=20
> 4. Is the 9250 supported by the current dri code?

No idea, but it's probably something R2xx-ish, so it should be.

cu,
Nicolai