Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: replacing X Window System ! | From | Xavier Bestel <> | Date | Fri, 19 May 2006 17:18:10 +0200 |
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On Fri, 2006-05-19 at 17:13, linux cbon wrote: > --- Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr> a écrit : > > BEWARE !! None of the "Avivo" series (ATI X1000 and > > later) will work. > > Only the readon (Radeon 7xxx, Radeon 8xxx, Radeon > > 9xxx, X600, X700, > > X800) have drivers. > > > > See DRI homepage for more information. > > > > Xav > > > Hi, > > does DRI access hardware *directly* ?
Yes it does.
> How does DRI compare with other drivers ?
DRI is not finished for r300 cards (radeon 9600 => X700 IIRC), but it kind of works. The only other driver I know for r300 is Xorg's radeon, and it's dead slow.
Xav
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