AMD Chipset matrix?

[JoJo jojo]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:08 PM, Chad <masterclc at gmail.com> wrote:
> A long time ago I wrote...
>
>  On Mon, Oct 1, 2007 at 5:00 AM, Luc Verhaegen <libv at skynet.be> wrote:
>  >
>  > On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 10:35:18AM -0600, Chad wrote:
>  >  > Hello!
>  >  >
>  >  > Assuming we have working drivers relatively soonish with the new AMD
>  >  > chips, will there be (or is there) a matrix of which drivers it is
>  >  > that will be supported?  I'm wondering where the cutoff is for the old
>  >  > chips that won't be supported (at first) and which chips will be ready
>  >  > to use in a production machine.  More specifically, will the AMD 690G
>  >  > be supported?
>  >  >
>  >  > And is there any estimated timeline for when (of course, assuming a
>  >  > positive on the if) it will be supported for use on multimedia apps
>  >  > such as MythTV and Xine.
>  >  >
>  >  > Thanks!
>  >  >
>  >  > -Chad
>  >
>  >  Hi Chad,
>  >
>  >  We know that the rs690 is very much an r5xx modesetting wise, and we
>  >  have the hardware sitting here and waiting for us to finally get to. I
>  >  hope to see this happen towards the end of this week.
>  >
>  >  Support for hw video overlays is possible, as the documentation is
>  >  available, but once again, this is an issue of time and this is
>  >  sheduled after the more important modesetting work.
>  >
>  >  So while we don't support the rs690 family yet, this will soon happen,
>  >  you can count on that, you just need to be slightly patient. I've been
>  >  waiting to install this cute hardware too for about a week now :)
>  >
>  >  Thanks,
>  >
>  >  Luc Verhaegen.
>  >  SUSE/Novell X Driver Developer.
>
>
>  I am just curious, with all the new development, is this in a usable
>  state (not developer-usable ;) ) yet?  Some of the available boards
>  that are ideal for HTPC applications (such as MythTV) have this
>  chipset and it would be very nice to be able to take advantage of it.
>
>  If it is indeed usable, can anyone point me to which driver/docs I
>  should be testing/perusing?
>
>  Thanks!
>
>  -Chad
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some RS690 info you may find useful here
https://groups.google.com/group/x1250

-JoJo