[Bug 34441] New: radeon 16-bit brokenness

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34441

           Summary: radeon 16-bit brokenness
           Product: xorg
           Version: 7.6
          Platform: x86 (IA32)
        OS/Version: Linux (All)
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Driver/Radeon
        AssignedTo: xorg-driver-ati at lists.x.org
        ReportedBy: aelschuring at hotmail.com
         QAContact: xorg-team at lists.x.org


from http://bugs.debian.org/613918 :
"current video-radeon driver in unstable [1:6.14.0-1] gave me a very blocky and
tiled login screen [...] Problems disappeared when I changed "DefaultDepth 16"
to 24."

to which KiBi replied: "you shouldn't be using depth 16, it's broken in various
ways, and kind of unsupported"

But man 4 radeon still advertises "Full support for 8-, 15-, 16- and 24-bit
pixel depths", and http://www.x.org/wiki/radeon does not list lacking <24-bit
support as a known issue.

Can anyone confirm the current state of 16-bit support, and bring the code and
documentation in line?

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