On Don, 2003-02-06 at 20:03, Le Clech Philippe wrote: > > I am using a Radeon 8500 under XFree86 4.2.1, and I discovered in the > file radeon-accel.c that the amount of memory available for offscreen > pixmaps is limited because the accel engine uses 14 bits signed. This > is a big limitation (for me) that isn't mentioned elsewhere ! Even > with a 128 Mb board, the number of offscreen pixmaps is very limited > (8192 lines) compared to the available memory ! > > My question is : with the recent RADEON 9500 / 9700, is there the same > limitation ? In the driver source, there is no specific code for it, > but is it because the hardware limitation remains or because nobody > has modified the code ?
I suspect the same limitation applies, but it would be interesting to hear from someone who knows for sure. > In dual headed configuration, are there 8192 lines of memory available > per head, or is it global ? I think it's currently per head in the radeon driver. -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
