[radeonhd] Necessary for 3D

[Xavier Bestel]

On Fri, 2007-10-05 at 15:47 +0200, Matthias Hopf wrote:
> On Oct 05, 07 14:21:42 +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-10-05 at 14:15 +0200, Matthias Hopf wrote:
> > > It'll be quite a while
> > > until we will see 3D docs. At least that's my estimation.
> > 
> > Does it mean buying an r6xx now is of no use ? I mean, r7xx could be out
> > before the radeonhd driver can run compiz.
> 
> It certainly will be. It's not too long until r7xx will be pushed. A 3D
> driver is a complex beast, especially if done from the ground up. No,
> r4xx code won't help, r6xx has a completely different engine.

Now the obvious question: do you know if AMD & Novell have plans to have
radeonhd work on new cards the day they are out, say from r8xx on ?

Thanks,
	Xav