Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ATI HD 2900XT With Open-Source Radeon Driver
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| 3D support will hopefully be coming soon for the R500 series with the Radeon
>| driver, while so far they have XAA/EXA and RandR 1.2 working with these new
>| ATI GPU families. The Radeon HD 2000 series will also have 3D support through
>| the Radeon driver but it will come later as the R600 3D engine is an entirely
>| different beast. However, the great news to report today is that the
>| xf86-video-ati driver is functioning with the ATI Radeon HD 2900XT! Alas no
>| 3D support or anything, but the R600 graphics card is detected and
>| functioning with this new AtomBIOS driver branch.
> `----
>
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=921&num=1
>
> Radeon Driver To Support ATI R500/600
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| While all of the open-source rage for the ATI R500 and R600 series has been
>| about the official RadeonHD driver, it seems that the Radeon (as in
>| xf86-video-ati) driver will support these new ATI GPU families as well.
> `----
>
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjIxMg
>
I wonder if Peter K can find a way to hold this against me?
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