Mailinglist Archive: radeonhd (330 mails)

["Ilyes Gouta" <ilyes.gouta@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi John,

I'm happy to see that (pm) it's a scheduled item in your plans! Very
good, definitely very good!

The sooner you guys deliver the goods to the community, the faster
radeonhd (and ATI chips) will grow to become a fully capable and
mature driver/product! :)

Keep up the good work!

Regards,
Ilyes Gouta.

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Bridgman, John <John.Bridgman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> You can put pressure on us to do power management as a higher priority
> than 2d/3d acceleration for the newer chips, but I don't think that is
> the best way to go. Right now power management is next in line after
> 6xx/7xx 3D engine support.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ilyes Gouta [mailto:ilyes.gouta@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:37 AM
> To: Nikos Chantziaras
> Cc: radeonhd@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [radeonhd] Re: ATI Radeon HD 3650 fan noise on Linux
>
> Hi,
>
> So to preserve my Radeon HD 3650, I have two options:
>
> 1. Re-flash the radeon BIOS with a more adequate PowerPlay table, which
> would contain a much lower frequencies for the memory and GPU.
> 2. Wait for the proper PowerPlay support in radeonhd.
>
> Right?
>
> I think power management is MANDATORY for graphics chips meant to be
> embedded into laptops. Any way to put the pressure on AMD/ATI to open up
> the documentation for such a feature?
>
> Regards,
> Ilyes Gouta.
>
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@xxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Ilyes Gouta wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Is there a way to retrieve the GPU temp? Is there any embedded sensor
>
> > > that can be read out?
> >
> > Nope.  Maybe the Linux Catalyst drivers do this though.
> >
> >
> > > >  You should be worried about the shorter lifetime of the card due to
>
> > > > high temps.
> > >
> > > Yeah, but we're not using any 2D/3D functionality/acceleration under
> > > Linux, so the GPU shouldn't be that hot, is it?
> >
> > It is hot.  GPUs don't seem to have "idle calls" like CPUs.  They run
> > hot all the time unless you reduce the clocks (Catalyst does this).
> > The fan would stay silent if it wasn't hot (it's BIOS controlled).
> >
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