RadeonHD

Introduction

The RadeonHD driver software is an AmigaOS 4.x 2D graphics driver for Radeon HD 2000-7000 series cards (and the older Radeon X1300-X1950). It also supports some Radeon Rx models.

There are three versions of the RadeonHD driver commercially available:

• RadeonHD Lite
• RadeonHD v1
• RadeonHD v2

Lite version is supplied as an OEM driver under agreement to third parties.

Version 1 is supplied as part of the Standard Edition of the Enhancer Software package.

Version 2 is supplied as part of the Plus Edition of the Enhancer Software package.

Copyright and Distribution Agreements

The RadeonHD graphics driver software for AmigaOS is Copyright (C) A-EON Technology Ltd. Unauthorised copying and distribution is prohibited by law. Please refer to the end user licence documentation with the driver for more detail.

The RadeonHD Lite graphics driver software has been currently licenced to Hyperion Entertainment CVBA for inclusion on the AmigaOne X1000 and AmigaOne 500 versions of AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition CD only. Hyperion Entertainment CVBA have not licenced any other version of the RadeonHD driver, including either the RadeonHD v1 or v2, and therefore can only distribute the RadeonHD Lite version with AmigaOS.

ACube Systems s.r.l has been granted permission to distribute the RadeonHD Lite with their AmigaOne 500 systems. This version is intended for emergency boot and installation of the AmigaOS4.1 Final Edition CD and therefore is limited to 800x600 pixel screen resolution and compositing is not possible.

Features

The main features of the RadeonHD driver currently are:

• Framebuffer

• VGA and DVI output for all cards

• Full 2D acceleration for supported RadeonHD graphics chipsets including compositing

• Support for "R520" (X1300-X1950 series)

• Support for "R700" (HD4000 series)

• Support for "Evergreen" (HD5000 series)

• Support for "Northern Islands" (HD6000 series)

• Support for "Southern Islands" (selected HD7000, R7, R9 series)

• Composited video (a variant of textured video) for accelerating video playback

• Hardware mouse pointer

• RadeonHD_RM.resource backend for 3D drivers (the render manager)

Installation

Files are copied automatically by the Enhancer Software Installation script. The kicklayout text file (found in the SYS:Kickstart drawer) will need to be editted to add the RadeonHD.chip file if not already added to this file.

Manual Installation

1. Copy the file RadeonHD.chip to your Kickstart directory in your System partition (SYS:)

2. Adding it to your Kicklayout:

• Open MultiEdit text editor and select Open... from the Project menu. In the file requester select the Kickstart directory in the SYS: drive. Then select the Kicklayout file and click the Open icon on the toolbar.
• Add the following line to your Kicklayout file (paying attention to replicate it exactly as shown in the image below)

MODULE Kickstart/RadeonHD

• Once you have added the line you can Save your work by selecting Save file from the Project menu or clicking the Save icon on the toolbar.

Hardware Compatibility

Driver requirements

• RadeonHD PCI or PCI Express Graphics Card

• AmigaOS 4.1 or greater

• AmigaOne X1000, X5000 or A1222 with latest firmware

• AmigaOne 500 (SAM 460ex)

• SAM 440ep with PCI to PCI-E adapter