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AMD Releases Open Source Fusion Driver

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 23, 2010 @05:06AM from the knock-yourselves-out dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Yesterday AMD released open source Linux driver support for their Fusion APUs, primarily for the first Ontario processor. As detailed on Phoronix, this includes support for kernel mode-setting, 2D acceleration, and 3D acceleration via both Mesa and Gallium3D graphics drivers."

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Re:Fusion by RightSaidFred99 · 2010-11-23 06:29 · Score: 4, Informative

huh?
Double huh?
It's rare to read someone post something both factually and subjectively wrong at the same time in so few words. Congratulations.
Re:Cool by SuricouRaven · 2010-11-23 06:47 · Score: 3, Informative

I've not got a 5850, but a close ATI card. I found that the drivers ubuntu installed were unstable and quite awkward in multi-monitor configurations, but the ones that I got straight from the ATI site worked very nicely. They are the same basic software, right down to the control panel layout, but the ones on the site are a few revisions further along and it shows. At least in the multi-monitor area.