ATI Rage Driver With EXA Support Released

[phoronix]

Phoronix: ATI Rage Driver With EXA Support Released

For those living with vintage ATI graphics hardware from the Rage 128 days, the EXA-enabled driver has been formally released...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE5NDE

[Adarion]

Nice. Kudos to Connor Behan.

[Hamish Wilson]

Yay!

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[Pallidus]

amd linux: if you want a driver for you card... you better code it yourself.


I wish someone would the same EXA thing for the first generation radeon's, you wouldn't be forced to deal with such shitty perfomance.

[entropy]

amd linux: if you want a driver for you card... you better code it yourself.


I wish someone would the same EXA thing for the first generation radeon's, you wouldn't be forced to deal with such shitty perfomance.

Wow, that sounds like a less than mediocre troll attempt.
Ok, I bite... :/

What's wrong with your 2D performance?
EXA is supported on the first generation radeon ASICs.
I'm using the open driver with a HD 4850 and 2D is really good.

Saying that, I don't use one of those "shiny" compositors (plain "awesome WM").
Not sure if using one has a major negative impact on 2D performance.