Features/R600Accel

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Feature Name

R600 Acceleration

Summary

The Radeon R600/R700 range of cards is running unaccelerated 2D in F10. This will add kernel support and 2D driver support for EXA and Xv acceleration.

Owner

Current status


Detailed Description

Benefit to Fedora

Video playback on r600 using Xv works and is accelerated.

Scope

Import kernel patches from drm-next for r600/rs600 support. Import DDX changes from -ati DDX.

How To Test

Own an r600 card. Play movies use X windows, file crashes, misrenderings.

User Experience

Dependencies

kernel xorg-x11-drv-ati

Contingency Plan

Don't ship accelerated r600 EXA and Xv driver.

Documentation

Release Notes

Comments and Discussion