[Bug 94842] Ditching xf86-video-ati in favor of xf86-video-modesetting?

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94842

--- Comment #3 from nw9165-3201 at yahoo.com ---
(In reply to Alex Deucher from comment #1)
> Older chips don't have the necessary functionality to support glamor.  They
> still need the asic specific acceleration code.  R600 and newer could
> eventually move to -modesetting once all the features from -ati get ported
> to -modesetting.

You've made it to the news, see:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Radeon-Modesetting-DDX-Xenial

;D

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