nightmorph 11/03/02 07:46:52 Modified: ati-faq.xml Log: update ATI FAQ for R900 (radeonhd 6000) series cards, update AMD.com links, add Radeon Feature Matrix link, and started fixing names, now that the ATI brand has been renamed to just AMD
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The 3D support is provided either by xorg-x11, or by -ATI's <uri -link="http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html";>closed -source drivers</uri>. ATI's closed source driver only supports R600 and newer +AMD's <uri +link="http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/ati-catalyst/Pages/catalyst.aspx";>closed +source drivers</uri>. AMD's closed source driver only supports R600 and newer GPUs. Older GPUs will use the mature open source xorg-x11 driver. </p> @@ -69,36 +69,47 @@ </tr> <tr> <ti>R300, R400</ti> - <ti>Radeon 9500 - x850</ti> + <ti>Radeon 9500 - X850</ti> <ti>xorg</ti> </tr> <tr> <ti>R500</ti> - <ti>Radeon X1300 and higher</ti> + <ti>Radeon X1300 - X1950</ti> <ti>xorg</ti> </tr> <tr> <ti>R600</ti> <ti>RadeonHD 2000 series</ti> - <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> + <ti>AMD DRI, xorg</ti> </tr> <tr> <ti>RV670</ti> <ti>RadeonHD 3000 series</ti> - <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> + <ti>AMD DRI, xorg</ti> </tr> <tr> <ti>RV770</ti> <ti>RadeonHD 4000 series</ti> - <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> + <ti>AMD DRI, xorg</ti> </tr> <tr> <ti>R800</ti> - <ti>RadeonHD 5000 series, "Evergreen"</ti> - <ti>ATI DRI, xorg</ti> + <ti>RadeonHD 5000 series</ti> + <ti>AMD DRI, xorg</ti> +</tr> +<tr> + <ti>R900</ti> + <ti>RadeonHD 6000 series</ti> + <ti>AMD DRI, xorg</ti> </tr> </table> +<note> +The <uri link="http://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature";>Radeon Feature Matrix</uri> +at x.org lists the open source driver support level for each part of the +graphics card hardware. +</note> + </body> </section> <section> @@ -120,10 +131,10 @@ <p> X11 support on the PPC or Alpha platforms is quite similar to x86 X11 support. -However, ATI's closed source Catalyst drivers are not supported on the PPC or -Alpha, so you will have to use the open source drivers. The Catalyst drivers are -only available for x86 and AMD64. The open source xorg-x11 drivers should work -well on all architectures. +However, AMD/ATI's closed source Catalyst drivers are not supported on the PPC +or Alpha, so you will have to use the open source drivers. The Catalyst drivers +are only available for x86 and AMD64. The open source xorg-x11 drivers should +work well on all architectures. </p> <impo> @@ -154,26 +165,26 @@ <body> <p> -There are two ways of getting drivers for your ATI card: +There are two ways of getting drivers for your AMD/ATI card: </p> <ul> <li>The <c>xorg-x11</c> ebuild provides the X11 implementation</li> - <li> - The <c>ati-drivers</c> ebuild provides the ATI closed source X drivers and - kernel modules + <li> + The <c>ati-drivers</c> ebuild provides the AMD closed source X drivers + and kernel modules </li> </ul> <p> -If you want to use ATI's <e>internal</e> agpgart support instead of the Linux +If you want to use AMD/ATI's <e>internal</e> agpgart support instead of the Linux kernel one, the agpgart driver and the chip set specific driver (in your kernel configuration) must be built as modules or not at all. </p> <note> Please read the <uri link="/doc/en/dri-howto.xml">Hardware Acceleration -Guide</uri> for more information on installing drivers for your ATI graphics +Guide</uri> for more information on installing drivers for your AMD/ATI graphics card. </note> @@ -221,7 +232,7 @@ <body> <p> -Once X is installed, configured, and running, it can use the ATI OpenGL +Once X is installed, configured, and running, it can use the AMD/ATI OpenGL libraries: </p> @@ -239,14 +250,16 @@ <p> Please read the <uri link="/doc/en/dri-howto.xml">Hardware Acceleration -Guide</uri> for more information on configuring your ATI graphics card. +Guide</uri> for more information on configuring your AMD/ATI graphics card. </p> <p> -More information on Gentoo Linux and the ATI Radeon binary drivers can be found -on the <uri +More information on Gentoo Linux and the AMD/ATI Radeon binary drivers can be +found on the <uri link="http://odin.prohosting.com/wedge01/gentoo-radeon-faq.html";>Wedge -Unofficial Gentoo ATI Radeon FAQ</uri>. +Unofficial Gentoo ATI Radeon FAQ</uri>, and on the <uri +link="http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Main_Page";>Unofficial AMD Linux Driver +Wiki</uri>. </p> </body>
