x1270 and/or RS690m completely ignored?

Wed Mar 31 08:53:03 PDT 2010

Ok, I'll do so. 7.6.0 is not in Portage.

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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