[PATCH wayland-web 3/9] building: update AMD driver notes
Pekka Paalanen
ppaalanen at gmail.com
Sat Jan 12 12:52:02 UTC 2019
From: Pekka Paalanen <pq at iki.fi>
AMDGPU is the new kernel driver and it works fine I believe.
Remove notes about specific kernel version or card models. No-one should
run kernels that old anymore, and the card models depend on whether you
need OpenGL acceleration or not.
Signed-off-by: Pekka Paalanen <pq at iki.fi>
---
building.html | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/building.html b/building.html
index b27dbed..a857413 100644
--- a/building.html
+++ b/building.html
@@ -73,9 +73,8 @@ Setting (KMS)</a> with the page flip ioctl. These are supported by:</p>
in the kernel since around 2.6.29. Sandy Bridge chips require kernel
2.6.37.</p>
-<p><b>AMD/ATI</b>: Requires open source driver (radeon/ati,
-not fglrx/catalyst). DRM output requires kernel version 2.6.38.
-Cards probably work back to Radeon 7200 (2000).</p>
+<p><b>AMD/ATI</b>: Requires open source driver (amdgpu/radeon/ati,
+not fglrx/catalyst).</p>
<p><b>nVidia</b>: Requires <a href="https://nouveau.freedesktop.org">Nouveau</a>
(open source driver).</p>
--
2.20.1
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