> Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 09:29:02 -0800
> From: Steven Osborne <sakmerli...@countermail.com>
>
> I am installing OpenBSD 5.5 64-bit to my Power Mac G5 (7,3) Dual G5
> 2.7GHz machine and am trying to find information about my graphics
> card: Radeon X800 256MB RAM, stats as given by Mac OS X 10.5.8:
>
> ATI Radeon X800 XT:
>
> Chipset Model: ATY,R420
> Type: Display
> Bus: AGP
> Slot: SLOT-1
> VRAM (Total): 256 MB
> Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
> Device ID: 0x4a48
> Revision ID: 0x0000
> ROM Revision: 113-A35801-104
> Displays:
> ASUS VS247:
> Resolution: 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
> Depth: 32-Bit Color
> Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
> Main Display: Yes
> Mirror: Off
> Online: Yes
> Quartz Extreme: Supported
> Display Connector:
> Status: No Display Connected
>
> I searched the old ppc emails at marc.info ("radeon x800" search
> string) and the latest mention of the X800 XT was in this thread:
>
> http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ppc&m=129432230109695&w=2
>
> Under section:
>
> [1455673.562] (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets:
> ...
> ...
> ATI Radeon X800 SE (R420) (AGP), ATI Radeon X800XT (R420) JP (AGP)
> ...
> ...
>
> Does this mean that the X800 XT is supported by the Radeon driver?
> Has anybody had any luck with installing and configuring this card for
> accelerated graphics? If not, is anybody working on getting support
> for this video card? If not, how would one get involved to help in
> getting this card up and running?
>
> A search of the Internet brought up nothing concerning OpenBSD,
> FreeBSD, or any BSD in general.
The card should be supported by radeondrm(4). There might be some
big-endian issues, and the lack of working AGP support on
OpenBSD/macppc will reduce performance a bit.
