Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?

Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?

[Gerhard Mack]

Hello, 

Can anyone tell me if there are working open source DRM drivers that work 
on recent 2.6.x kernels for the ATI X300?  I've tried dri.sourceforge.net 
and r300 but neither seems to even bother compiling.  I've spent several 
hours on google without luck.

	Gerhard


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Gerhard Mack

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Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?

[Martin Drab]

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Gerhard Mack wrote:

> Hello, 
> 
> Can anyone tell me if there are working open source DRM drivers that work 
> on recent 2.6.x kernels for the ATI X300?  I've tried dri.sourceforge.net 
> and r300 but neither seems to even bother compiling.  I've spent several 
> hours on google without luck.
> 
> 	Gerhard

Have you seen this

	http://r300.sourceforge.net/

However, I'm not sure how much useable it is allready. Perhaps not much. 
Otherwise you would probably either have to stick with the ATI's binary 
drivers or open source unaccelerated drivers. I'm not aware of anything 
else being available for recent ATI chips.

Martin

Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?

[Benoit Boissinot]

On 10/10/05, Martin Drab <drab@kepler.fjfi.cvut.cz> wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Gerhard Mack wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Can anyone tell me if there are working open source DRM drivers that work
> > on recent 2.6.x kernels for the ATI X300?  I've tried dri.sourceforge.net
> > and r300 but neither seems to even bother compiling.  I've spent several
> > hours on google without luck.
> >
> >       Gerhard
>
> Have you seen this
>
>         http://r300.sourceforge.net/
>

i think it is now in mesa/xorg cvs:
from their website
"07/22/05  Latest version of Mesa and DRM drivers have been accepted
in DRM and Mesa CVS trees on freedesktop.org CVS"

regards,

Benoit

Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?

[Martin Drab]

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Benoit Boissinot wrote:

> On 10/10/05, Martin Drab <drab@kepler.fjfi.cvut.cz> wrote:
> > On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Gerhard Mack wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Can anyone tell me if there are working open source DRM drivers that work
> > > on recent 2.6.x kernels for the ATI X300?  I've tried dri.sourceforge.net
> > > and r300 but neither seems to even bother compiling.  I've spent several
> > > hours on google without luck.
> > >
> > >       Gerhard
> >
> > Have you seen this
> >
> >         http://r300.sourceforge.net/
> >
> 
> i think it is now in mesa/xorg cvs:
> from their website
> "07/22/05  Latest version of Mesa and DRM drivers have been accepted
> in DRM and Mesa CVS trees on freedesktop.org CVS"
> 
> regards,
> 
> Benoit

Yes, you are correct.

Martin

Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?

[Gerhard Mack]

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Martin Drab wrote:

> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:41:27 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Martin Drab <drab@kepler.fjfi.cvut.cz>
> To: Gerhard Mack <gmack@innerfire.net>
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?
> 
> On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Gerhard Mack wrote:
> 
> > Hello, 
> > 
> > Can anyone tell me if there are working open source DRM drivers that work 
> > on recent 2.6.x kernels for the ATI X300?  I've tried dri.sourceforge.net 
> > and r300 but neither seems to even bother compiling.  I've spent several 
> > hours on google without luck.
> > 
> > 	Gerhard
> 
> Have you seen this
> 
> 	http://r300.sourceforge.net/
> 
> However, I'm not sure how much useable it is allready. Perhaps not much. 
> Otherwise you would probably either have to stick with the ATI's binary 
> drivers or open source unaccelerated drivers. I'm not aware of anything 
> else being available for recent ATI chips.

Although those drivers support the card, they do not compile on recent 
kernels.  I managed to hack it to compile and then ended up with X being 
unable to access the /dev/dri/card* devices.

	Gerhard

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Gerhard Mack

gmack@innerfire.net

<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.

Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?

[Martin Drab]

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Gerhard Mack wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Martin Drab wrote:
> 
> > Have you seen this
> > 
> > 	http://r300.sourceforge.net/
> > 
> > However, I'm not sure how much useable it is allready. Perhaps not much. 
> > Otherwise you would probably either have to stick with the ATI's binary 
> > drivers or open source unaccelerated drivers. I'm not aware of anything 
> > else being available for recent ATI chips.
> 
> Although those drivers support the card, they do not compile on recent 
> kernels. I managed to hack it to compile and then ended up with X being 
> unable to access the /dev/dri/card* devices.

Then check the permissions.

Martin

Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?

[Gerhard Mack]

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Martin Drab wrote:

> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:56:11 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Martin Drab <drab@kepler.fjfi.cvut.cz>
> To: Gerhard Mack <gmack@innerfire.net>
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?
> 
> On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Gerhard Mack wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Martin Drab wrote:
> > 
> > > Have you seen this
> > > 
> > > 	http://r300.sourceforge.net/
> > > 
> > > However, I'm not sure how much useable it is allready. Perhaps not much. 
> > > Otherwise you would probably either have to stick with the ATI's binary 
> > > drivers or open source unaccelerated drivers. I'm not aware of anything 
> > > else being available for recent ATI chips.
> > 
> > Although those drivers support the card, they do not compile on recent 
> > kernels. I managed to hack it to compile and then ended up with X being 
> > unable to access the /dev/dri/card* devices.
> 
> Then check the permissions.
> 
> Martin

Strangely enough the directory is empty.. if I use mknod to create the 
files they get removed as soon as X loads.
 

--
Gerhard Mack

gmack@innerfire.net

<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.

Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?

[Lars Roland]

On 10/10/05, Gerhard Mack <gmack@innerfire.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Can anyone tell me if there are working open source DRM drivers that work
> on recent 2.6.x kernels for the ATI X300?  I've tried dri.sourceforge.net
> and r300 but neither seems to even bother compiling.  I've spent several
> hours on google without luck.
>
>         Gerhard

What are your dmesg reporting, when loading the modules, if you see
something along these lines:

-------------------
[drm] Initialized drm 1.0.0 20040925
PCI: Unable to reserve mem region #1:8000000@c0000000 for device 0000:01:00.0
[drm] Initialized radeon 1.19.0 20050911 on minor 0:
[drm] Used old pci detect: framebuffer loaded
mtrr: 0xc0000000,0x8000000 overlaps existing 0xc0000000,0x4000000
[drm:radeon_do_init_cp] *ERROR* Cannot use PCI Express without GART in
FB memory
-------------------

then you may have hit a possible x300/pci express issue - other than
that I have it working perfectly here with kernel 2.6.14rc1, Quake3 is
playable (although I am experiencing some minor problems with MergedFB
combined with 3D gaming). I have written a small guide for Gentoo that
explains how to get DRI/DRM working with R300 (and newer cards) all
though you may not use Gentoo it should be very easy to get it working
on other distributions:

The guide is here:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-374745-highlight-r300.html


--------------
Regards.

Lars Roland

Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?

[Dave Airlie]

>
> What are your dmesg reporting, when loading the modules, if you see
> something along these lines:
>

For PCI Express Radeon cards:

The kernel portions are in my -git tree ready for pushing to Linus
after the next release is made,

The userspace portions requires X.org/Mesa/DRM CVS trees.

The DRM CVS also contains the kernel portions....

Dave.

Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?

[Gerhard Mack]

Is there an entry for this card?

0000:05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60
[Radeon X300 (PCIE)]
0000:05:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 [Radeon
X300SE]

0000:05:00.0 0300: 1002:5b60
0000:05:00.1 0380: 1002:5b70

	Gerhard


On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Dave Airlie wrote
> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:26:41 +1000
> From: Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>
> To: Lars Roland <lroland@gmail.com>
> Cc: Gerhard Mack <gmack@innerfire.net>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?
> 
> >
> > What are your dmesg reporting, when loading the modules, if you see
> > something along these lines:
> >
> 
> For PCI Express Radeon cards:
> 
> The kernel portions are in my -git tree ready for pushing to Linus
> after the next release is made,
> 
> The userspace portions requires X.org/Mesa/DRM CVS trees.
> 
> The DRM CVS also contains the kernel portions....
> 
> Dave.
> 

--
Gerhard Mack

gmack@innerfire.net

<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.

Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?

[Xavier Bestel]

Le mardi 11 octobre 2005 à 10:26 +1000, Dave Airlie a écrit :

> For PCI Express Radeon cards:
> 
> The kernel portions are in my -git tree ready for pushing to Linus
> after the next release is made,

Is the kernel support for AGP R300 already in the kernel, or is it
scheduled to go later ?

Thnaks,
	Xav

Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?

[Dave Airlie]

> Le mardi 11 o
> > For PCI Express Radeon cards:
> >
> > The kernel portions are in my -git tree ready for pushing to Linus
> > after the next release is made,
>
> Is the kernel support for AGP R300 already in the kernel, or is it
> scheduled to go later ?
>

Should be there since 2.6.13....

Dave.

Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?

[Xavier Bestel]

Le mardi 11 octobre 2005 à 17:13 +1000, Dave Airlie a écrit :
> > Le mardi 11 o
> > > For PCI Express Radeon cards:
> > >
> > > The kernel portions are in my -git tree ready for pushing to Linus
> > > after the next release is made,
> >
> > Is the kernel support for AGP R300 already in the kernel, or is it
> > scheduled to go later ?
> >
> 
> Should be there since 2.6.13....

Ok, I'll test it then. 
Thanks,

	Xav

Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?

[Gerhard Mack]

I found the problem.. there is no entry in pciids.h for my card:

0000:05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 
[Radeon X300 (PCIE)]
0000:05:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 [Radeon 
X300SE]

0000:05:00.0 0300: 1002:5b60
0000:05:00.1 0380: 1002:5b70


On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Lars Roland wrote:

> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:00:42 +0200
> From: Lars Roland <lroland@gmail.com>
> To: Gerhard Mack <gmack@innerfire.net>
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?
> 
> On 10/10/05, Gerhard Mack <gmack@innerfire.net> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Can anyone tell me if there are working open source DRM drivers that work
> > on recent 2.6.x kernels for the ATI X300?  I've tried dri.sourceforge.net
> > and r300 but neither seems to even bother compiling.  I've spent several
> > hours on google without luck.
> >
> >         Gerhard
> 
> What are your dmesg reporting, when loading the modules, if you see
> something along these lines:
> 
> -------------------
> [drm] Initialized drm 1.0.0 20040925
> PCI: Unable to reserve mem region #1:8000000@c0000000 for device 0000:01:00.0
> [drm] Initialized radeon 1.19.0 20050911 on minor 0:
> [drm] Used old pci detect: framebuffer loaded
> mtrr: 0xc0000000,0x8000000 overlaps existing 0xc0000000,0x4000000
> [drm:radeon_do_init_cp] *ERROR* Cannot use PCI Express without GART in
> FB memory
> -------------------
> 
> then you may have hit a possible x300/pci express issue - other than
> that I have it working perfectly here with kernel 2.6.14rc1, Quake3 is
> playable (although I am experiencing some minor problems with MergedFB
> combined with 3D gaming). I have written a small guide for Gentoo that
> explains how to get DRI/DRM working with R300 (and newer cards) all
> though you may not use Gentoo it should be very easy to get it working
> on other distributions:
> 
> The guide is here:
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-374745-highlight-r300.html
> 
> 
> --------------
> Regards.
> 
> Lars Roland
> 

--
Gerhard Mack

gmack@innerfire.net

<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.

Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?

[Nicolas Mailhot]

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Dave Airlie wrote :

> For PCI Express Radeon cards:

> The kernel portions are in my -git tree ready for pushing to Linus
> after the next release is made,

> The userspace portions requires X.org/Mesa/DRM CVS trees.

Does this include all PCIE Radeon card, not just X300-based ?
I have a X700

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot

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Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ?

[Marek W]

On Wednesday 12 October 2005 09:34, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> Dave Airlie wrote :
> > For PCI Express Radeon cards:
> >
> > The kernel portions are in my -git tree ready for pushing to Linus
> > after the next release is made,
> >
> > The userspace portions requires X.org/Mesa/DRM CVS trees.
>
> Does this include all PCIE Radeon card, not just X300-based ?
> I have a X700
>
> Regards,

Since someone raised the issue, how about the X600 PCIE? Info on it is scarce 
and what's out there has not worked for me.

Cheers,

Marek W
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