On Die, 2012-12-11 at 01:45 -0800, stompdagg...@yahoo.com wrote: 
> >On Mon, 2012-12-10 at 11:33 -0800, stompdagg...@yahoo.com wrote: 
> >> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 12:16 PM,  <olivier.e.am...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >> When starting openSuse 12.2, the X-server terminates with a
> >> segmentation fault (see attached log file).
> >> 
> >> >The open source driver should support your card just fine.  Can
> you
> >> >install debugging symbols and get a proper backtrace with GDB?
> >> >http://wiki.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/ServerDebugging
> >> 
> >> Alex, looking at his log, I don't see the card in the support list,
> >> his card is the v7700?
> 
> >As you can see in the lspci output, it's a 7500, which is Turks
> >(Northern Islands generation) based.
> 
> >If the driver didn't support the card, it would bail much earlier. 
> 
> looking at the xorg log, I see Turks only as part of the AMD Radeon HD
> 6700 Series, does this means that 7500 Series is part of the 6700
> Series?
It's complicated. :\

7xx0 and 6xx0 are marketing names, which are mostly irrelevant for
driver support, in contrast to code names such as Turks, Northern
Islands etc.


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Earthling Michel Dänzer           |                   http://www.amd.com
Libre software enthusiast         |          Debian, X and DRI developer
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