x1270 and/or RS690m completely ignored?

[Alex Deucher]

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:47 AM, dE . <de.techno at gmail.com> wrote:
> All are at 9999 -
>
> x11-base/xorg-server
>     Available versions:  {M}1.5.3-r6 1.6.5-r1 (~)1.7.6 {M}(~)9999[1]
> {3dfx debug dmx hal input_devices_acecad input_devices_aiptek
> input_devices_citron input_devices_elographics input_devices_evdev
> input_devices_fpit input_devices_hyperpen input_devices_joystick
> input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse input_devices_mutouch
> input_devices_penmount input_devices_synaptics input_devices_tslib
> input_devices_virtualbox input_devices_vmmouse input_devices_void
> input_devices_wacom ipv6 kdrive minimal nptl sdl static-libs tslib
> udev video_cards_apm video_cards_ark video_cards_ast video_cards_chips
> video_cards_cirrus video_cards_dummy video_cards_epson
> video_cards_fbdev video_cards_geode video_cards_glint video_cards_i128
> video_cards_i740 video_cards_impact video_cards_intel
> video_cards_mach64 video_cards_mga video_cards_neomagic
> video_cards_newport video_cards_nv video_cards_nvidia video_cards_r128
> video_cards_radeon video_cards_radeonhd video_cards_rendition
> video_cards_s3 video_cards_s3virge video_cards_savage
> video_cards_siliconmotion video_cards_sis video_cards_sisusb
> video_cards_sunbw2 video_cards_suncg14 video_cards_suncg3
> video_cards_suncg6 video_cards_sunffb video_cards_sunleo
> video_cards_suntcx video_cards_tdfx video_cards_tga
> video_cards_trident video_cards_tseng video_cards_v4l video_cards_vesa
> video_cards_via video_cards_virtualbox video_cards_vmware
> video_cards_voodoo video_cards_xgi xorg}
>
>     Installed versions:  9999[1](08:37:32 03/27/10)(ipv6 nptl sdl
> xorg -dmx -kdrive -minimal -static-libs -tslib -udev)
>     Homepage:            http://xorg.freedesktop.org/
>     Description:         X.Org X servers
> [1] "x11" /usr/local/portage/layman/x11
>
>
>
> media-libs/mesa
>     Available versions:  7.5.2 (~)7.6.1 (~)7.7-r1 (~)7.7.1_rc1
> (~)7.8_rc1 {M}(~)9999[1] {debug (+)gallium kernel_FreeBSD motif
> (+)nptl pic selinux video_cards_intel video_cards_mach64
> video_cards_mga video_cards_none video_cards_nouveau video_cards_r128
> video_cards_radeon video_cards_radeonhd video_cards_s3virge
> video_cards_savage video_cards_sis video_cards_sunffb video_cards_svga
> video_cards_tdfx video_cards_trident video_cards_via (+)xcb}
>
>     Installed versions:  9999[1](07:54:00 03/27/10)(gallium nptl
> video_cards_radeon xcb -debug -kernel_FreeBSD -motif -pic -selinux
> -video_cards_intel -video_cards_mach64 -video_cards_mga
> -video_cards_none -video_cards_nouveau -video_cards_r128
> -video_cards_radeonhd -video_cards_savage -video_cards_sis
> -video_cards_svga -video_cards_tdfx -video_cards_via)
>     Homepage:            http://mesa3d.sourceforge.net/
>     Description:         OpenGL-like graphic library for Linux
> [1] "x11" /usr/local/portage/layman/x11
>
>
>
> x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati
>     Available versions:  6.12.1-r1 6.12.5 (~)6.12.6 (~)6.12.192
> {M}(~)9999[1] {debug}
>
>     Installed versions:  9999[1](08:43:59 03/27/10)
>     Homepage:            http://xorg.freedesktop.org/
>     Description:         ATI video driver
> [1] "x11" /usr/local/portage/layman/x11
>
> i.e the latest development version.
>
> DRI is enabled -
>
> glxinfo|grep render
> direct rendering: Yes
> OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R300 (RS690 791F) 20090101  NO-TCL
>
> xorg logs -
>
> http://pastebin.com/05E4qn9X
>
> dmesg -
>
> http://pastebin.com/Yj20hi2t

The logs look fine.  Do any older versions of mesa perform any better?

Alex

>
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 12:20 AM, dE . <de.techno at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello everyone! Nice job with the drivers, most cards are supported well.
>>>
>>> But it appears the state of xf86-video-ati for the chip x1270 has
>>> remained same for a year; there are no performance gains or bug fixes
>>> which appears very unlikely. So I think there's something wrong with
>>> the configuration, or this might just be true.
>>>
>>> x1270 is suppose to belong to the HD series (and it is HD capable).
>>> I'm using Gentoo with the latest development version of mesa, libdri,
>>> xserver and xf86-video-ati but when I switched to the development
>>> unstable branch, instead of things being improved it degraded. Earlier
>>> glxgears used to draw around <500 FPS but now it's ~160. I do have DRI
>>> enabled. This is my xorg.conf -
>>>
>>
>> 3D support is provided by mesa, not xf86-video-ati.  What versions of
>> xserver, mesa, and xf86-video-ati are you using?  Also, take a look at
>> your xorg log and dmesg to make sure the DRI is properly enabled.
>>
>> Alex
>>
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