Radeon R5xx 3D programming guide released [LWN.net]

Radeon R5xx 3D programming guide released

Posted Feb 25, 2008 9:02 UTC (Mon) by rankincj (subscriber, #4865)
In reply to: Radeon R5xx 3D programming guide released by daniels
Parent article: Radeon R5xx 3D programming guide released

Hmm, that render acceleration for the R500 only applies to EXA, doesn't it? I certainly saw no
evidence of render acceleration being enabled with XAA. (And I did check the Xorg.0.log file.)

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(Oops, I meant render acceleration for R300, not R500.) (NT).

Posted Feb 25, 2008 9:04 UTC (Mon) by rankincj (subscriber, #4865) [Link]

Yup, "no text here".

Radeon R5xx 3D programming guide released

Posted Feb 26, 2008 5:16 UTC (Tue) by njs (subscriber, #40338) [Link]

All X drivers are transitioning to using EXA exclusively; the only reason I know of to stick
with XAA is if your card's EXA support is less stable than the older XAA support.

That is unlikely to be the case when using brand-new drivers for previously unsupported
hardware :-).  I'd just turn on EXA.  (And if things break, then file bugs and maybe drop back
to unaccelerated mode, I guess.)