x1270 and/or RS690m completely ignored?

Wed Mar 31 08:17:49 PDT 2010

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:32 AM, dE . <de.techno at gmail.com> wrote:
> The problem appears to have started from version 7.6.1 of mesa. If I
> install 7.5.2 the FPS is more than 350. I don't remember, but in one
> of the versions, the FPS was ~500 and with the latest version it's
> less than 200.
>

Did you try 7.6.0 as well?  The differences between 7.6.0 and 7.6.1
should be pretty minimal.  You should file a bug:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org
and attach your dmesg, xorg log, and glxinfo output along with the
information from this thread.

Alex

> I got no idea how to bisect a GIT.
>
> After the downgrade, the bug in blender is back.
>
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 1:10 PM, dE . <de.techno at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Yeah, they performed better.
>>
>> Which versions?  Any chance you could use git bisect to find the
>> problematic commit?
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 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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