Re: xserver-xorg-video-ati: Changes to 'debian-unstable'
On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 01:19 +0000, David Nusinow wrote:
> debian/NEWS | 10 ++++++++++
> debian/changelog | 6 +++++-
> 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> New commits:
> commit bc0bb3790d8858c9073a8adb6de4f4eb24a9abf7
> Author: David Nusinow <dnusinow@debian.org>
> Date: Wed Apr 29 21:19:08 2009 -0400
>
> Add a note in NEWS.Debian about firmware-linux
>
> diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS
> index 0d0674b..a0a35df 100644
> --- a/debian/NEWS
> +++ b/debian/NEWS
> @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
> +xserver-xorg-video-ati (1:6.12.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
> +
> + * The standard linux kernels in Debian as of version 2.6.29-1 do not
> + contain the firmware necessary to allow the radeon driver to use 3D
> + acceleration via DRI. This firmware has been moved to the
> + firmware-linux package in non-free, and must be installed to use
> + this feature.
As I pointed out on IRC before, it's important even for 2D and XVideo on
Radeons. See e.g. bugs #523467, #523724, #523585.
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Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
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