Re: [Dri-devel] texmem code and 8MB radeon

[Ian R. <id...@us...>]

Alex Deucher wrote:
> I have a question about the texmem code.  I have a radeon m6 with 8 MB.
>  I'd like to drive two heads at 1024x768 (2048X768 framebuffer) at 16
> bits per pixel using my mergedfb code.  However, with a framebuffer
> that big dri gets disabled since there is not enough memory for the
> static buffers.  Would using the texmem code alleviate this?

It has nothing to do with texmem.  You need 9MB for a 2048x768 
frontbuffer, backbuffer, and depthbuffer at 16-bit.  There's really no 
way around it.