On Tue, 2001-11-27 at 16:43, Didier Moens wrote:

> Running an A30p, 1.2GHz-PIIIM, i830MP, ATI Radeon Mobility LY, 
> resolution 1600x1200x16.
> 
> After spending the last few days on linux-kernel sorting out the agpgart 
> support for the Intel 830MP (= i830 with external graphics : patch 
> posted for inclusion in next kernel release), I went through some 
> benchmarking.
> 
> In order to support the 830MP/ATI-LY/1600x1200 combo, I downloaded, 
> compiled and installed the latest X CVS'es (stock RH 4.1.0-6 returns the 
> dreaded "panel size not detected" error).
> 
> Considering CVS : as of today, DGA 2.0 seems to play nicely together 
> with VMWare in full-screen mode : very nice indeed.
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, 3D performance on the ATI Radeon Mob. LY seems to be a 
> bit "sub-optimal".
> 
> Running 'gears' in default window mode renders me some 480~500 FPS, 
> whereas my 'old' A21p (PIII-850,440BX,ATI Mobility 128) gives me ~700 FPS.
> 
> "agpgart.o" and "radeon.o" (kernel 2.4.15/16-version) are both loaded.
> 
> 'glxinfo' reports "direct rendering: yes", and xdpyinfo reports "GLX", 
> "DGA" and "DRI" as being present.
> 
> No "(EE)" or "(!!)" in XFree86.0.log.
> 
> If I rmmod either agpgart or radeon, performance in 'gears' drops to 
> ~250 FPS, so something certainly is accelerated, but the performance 
> doesn't seem up to par, being at 60% of an aged Mobility-128.

Set LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose when running a DRI client to get some debug
output.


> I noticed a radeon_drv.o in the CVS tree. Would this one replace the 
> radeon.o from the kernel distribution ?

No, that's the 2D driver. You can build a radeon.o kernel module in
xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/drm/kernel, I suggest trying
that instead of the one that comes with the kernel.


-- 
Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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