On Mon Jun 1 15:16:00 EDT 2009, m...@acm.jhu.edu wrote: > > Now, how do I test, benchmark and, or profile this radeon driver against > > a generic one? > > IIRC, there was a port of some of xscreensaver's hacks to Plan 9. The > munch hack and hyperglenda should get a good bit faster. They might > have something to measure resulting fps-es. Also, watch the CPU load > monitor while they're running. > > For even more speed, define RADEON_HW_ACCEL to use the blitter's > bltblt and fillrect features (inside vgaradeon.c). > > Also, unlike the VESA driver, the Radeon driver doesn't use real mode, > so it should work on SMP systems. > > Does anyone know why the Radeon driver never got into Plan 9? Did no > one submit it as a patch?
is any of this code on the right track for modern integrated ati graphics, for example with the sb[67]xx chipsets? - erik
