[arch-general] Radeon (xf86-video-ati) verdict

Ng Oon-Ee ngoonee at gmail.com
Thu Nov 5 03:31:09 EST 2009


On Thu, 2009-11-05 at 09:22 +0100, Jan de Groot wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-11-05 at 16:19 +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-11-05 at 01:55 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote:
> > > After working with the ati driver instead of the radeonhd driver, I must say I am very impressed with the KMS implementation. It works much, much better than in the past (performance is still way short of fglrx, and it is still much HOTTER than fglrx , but screen artifacts are virtually eliminated, desktop effects are good, and compiz works very well with the driver.
> > > 
> > > Helluva job Arch team!
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > Uhh... credit where credit is due, and the ati driver isn't
> > written/maintained by the Arch dev team =)
> 
> We just took the right git snapshot that works on his system ;)
> 
Ah, how could I have overlooked that.

Helluva job JGC and co! =)



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