[OpenIndiana-discuss] IO_b148 on an ATI HD 5770: Xorg failure / black screen

[Edward Martinez]

On 12/26/10 11:11, ken mays wrote:
> Hi Ed,
>
> I validated the ATI Radeon HD 4870 card on OpenSolaris a while ago. The driver of choice is now the 'radeon' driver which is compatible with the ATI Radeon HD 5970 card and the ATI Radeon 5*** series. The radeonHD driver is consider defunct so use the newer "radeon" 6.13.1 or higher driver only in this case with OI_148/Solaris 11 Express.
>
> The ATI Radeon HD 6*** series graphic adapters are compatible with the radeon driver as well (PCI ID and tweaks aside).
>
> ~ Ken Mays
>
>
     Hi Ken,

    thanks for clarifying the radeonhd driver was dropped in favor of 
radeon driver in Oi and solaris 11 ex..

    Regards
     Edward