From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 17:56:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 17:55:56 -0500 Received: from mtiwmhc25.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.50]:59369 "EHLO mtiwmhc25.worldnet.att.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 17:55:44 -0500 Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 17:55:41 -0500 From: khromy To: "Michael D. Crawford" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: DRI doesn't work on 2.4.0 but does on prerelease-ac5 Message-ID: <20010108175541.B34256@lnuxlab.net> In-Reply-To: <3A5A087F.F1C45380@goingware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3A5A087F.F1C45380@goingware.com>; from crawford@goingware.com on Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 06:35:43PM +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 06:35:43PM +0000, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > OK, I built XFree86 4.0.2 and DRI seems to be working for me now under > 2.4.0-ac4. (Starting with 2.4.0, it wouldn't, this is with an ATI XPert 2000 > AGP). > > BUT - although /var/log/XFree86.0.log documents the startup of DRI, DRM and AGP, > and states the info about their initialization and stuff so that it looks like > they're working, I don't notice any performance difference running any of the > Mesa-3.4 demos whether or not I use DRI, and whether I run 4.0.1 or 4.0.2. > > This makes me suspect it's not really working, or else my build of the Mesa-3.4 > library wasn't configured right - but note that if I disable DRI, one of the > Mesa demos will comment that it's not available. > > A specific example is Mesa-3.4/demos/gloss. It's a rotating textured cylinder > that is partially reflective of what seems to be a landscape that is in front of > the screen being reflecting back to the viewer. I get a pretty consistent 7.5 > frames per second: > > - in 4.0.1 with no DRI > - in 4.0.1 with DRI > - in 4.0.2 with no DRI > - in 4.0.2 with DRI > > Having agpgart and drm/r128 compiled in or as modules also doesn't appear to > make a difference. > > The frame rate for gloss drops to about 3.5 if I run geartrain (another demo) > alongside it. Geartrain by itself seems to be about the same speed in all > cases, though it doesn't report a number. > > There are a couple benchmarking tools in Mesa if someone wanted hard numbers > from me. > > Can anyone suggest any 3D code that I can download that does more complex things > than the mesa demos that I can test this with? > > Is my DRI really working? If not, any tips on getting it to do so? I have this same problem with a Voodoo 3 2000(tdfx) running 2.4.0 and XFree86 4.0.2. -- L1: khromy ;khromy(at)khromy.lnuxlab.net - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/