current status for RV380 (RADEON X600) under X.Org, continued

[Xavier Bestel]

Le dimanche 01 octobre 2006 à 16:48 -0400, Alex Deucher a écrit :
> On 9/30/06, Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel at free.fr> wrote:
> > Le samedi 30 septembre 2006 à 20:07 +0200, Julio Meca Hansen a écrit :
> >
> > > my question is... can I use two X600 (wheter they are AIW or not) to
> > > drive a 30" display or do I have to
> > > fulfill some requirements in the form of a special connector or
> > > anything I haven't think about?
> >
> > The max resolution for DVI is around 1920x1200 (i.e. 24" screens). To
> > drive 30" screens you need a dual-link DVI card (Warning! Dual-DVI cards
> > don't work, you need a real *dual-link* DVI card).
> > You can find some X800 or x850 which should work with the r300 driver
> > and are dual-link.
> 
> Note that the built in TMDS cntroller on the radeons is single link
> only.  In dual DVI cards the second TMDS port (dual or single channel)
> is provided by an external TMDS controller which is not yet supported
> by the xorg driver (although Dave has started work on this).

Yes, but ISTR that you told me the BIOS should initialize the external
TMDS if it detects the dual-link screen at boot :)

	Xav