Difference between revisions of "Make.conf/VIDEO CARDS"

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The VIDEO_CARDS make.conf setting is used to define what graphics support is enabled on your system. It is generally used only by packages that directly implement graphics support, such as media-libs/mesa and a few others. To set VIDEO_CARDS, set it in /etc/make.conf, separating each value with a space, as follows:

/etc/make.conf (bash source code)

VIDEO_CARDS="intel i965 i915"

Starting with Funtoo Linux 1.4, VIDEO_CARDS settings work a bit differently than in Gentoo and are documented here. Also note that it is possible to have VIDEO_CARDS set for you via use of a Funtoo profile mix-in.

VIDEO_CARDS Settings

The following VIDEO_CARDS settings are available for enabling graphics support:

name	description	platforms
name	description	platforms
`amdgpu`	AMDGPU is an Open Source graphics driver developed by AMD that supports the latest AMD Radeon graphics cards (GCN 1.2, HD 7xxxx+). It is typically used in conjunction with Mesa's `radeonsi` driver which provides OpenGL support. There is a kernel-space part and a user-space part (in	DRI • Gallium • X
`gallium-i915`	This is a gallium-based driver for Intel integrated graphics chipsets, i915 or later.	Gallium
`gallium-nouveau`	Open Source NVIDIA Gallium-based graphics driver.	Gallium
`gallium-osmesa`	"Osmesa" stands for "off-screen MESA" and allows rendering of graphics into a framebuffer in memory. This supports Gallium-based rendering.	Gallium
`gallium-r300`	A Gallium-based driver for older Radeon cards: R300, R350, RV350, RV380, RS400, RS480, R420, R423, RV410, RS600, RS690, RS740, RV515, R520, RV530, RV560, RV570, R580	Gallium
`gallium-r600`	A Gallium-based driver for Radeon graphics cards: R600, RV610, RV630, RV620, RV635, RV670, RS780, RS880, RV770, RV730, RV710, RV740, CEDAR, REDWOOD, JUNIPER, CYPRESS, PALM (Wrestler), SUMO, SUMO2, ARUBA, BARTS, TURKS, CAICOS, CAYMAN	Gallium
`gallium-radeonsi`	Open Source Radeon driver providing support for modern Radeon graphics (HD5430-HD5970, HDxxx, HD7xxx, R7 cards, R5 230, R9 280 and other R9 cards.) Gallium-based driver.	Gallium
`gallium-swrast`	Gallium-based software-only OpenGL driver, also known as "softpipe". This setting will also enable Intel's "swr" driver (taking advantage of some Intel processor instructions for acceleration) on supported CPU architectures.	Gallium • X
`gallium-tegra`	Open Source NVIDIA driver for Tegra (ARM CPU + Integrated NVIDIA graphics). Gallium-based driver.	Gallium
`gallium-virgl`	This driver provides accelerated OpenGL rendering within virtual machines via VirtualGL. Gallium-based driver.	Gallium
`i915`	Enables support for Intel integrated graphics, i915 and more recent chipset. Most modern laptops with Intel integrated graphics will want this enabled.	DRI • X
`i965`	Enables support for Intel integrated graphics, i965 and more recent chipset. Most modern laptops with Intel integrated graphics will want this enabled.	DRI • X
`intel`	Enables general support for Intel integrated graphics. This setting is required when using any Intel-related settings	DRI • X
`nouveau`	Open Source NVIDIA DRI-based X graphics driver.	DRI • X
`nvidia`	NVIDIA proprietary accelerated driver support. This driver includes support for traditional X-based accelerated rendering and Vulkan. Although this driver supports X, it does not use the kernel's DRI.	Vulkan • X
`osmesa`	"Osmesa" stands for "off-screen MESA" and allows rendering of graphics into a framebuffer in memory. This supports X/DRI-based rendering.	DRI • X
`r100`	An X/DRI-based driver for older Radeon cards: R100, RV100, RV200, RS100, RS200	DRI • X
`r200`	An X/DRI-based driver for older Radeon cards: R200, RV250, RV280, RS300	DRI • X
`radeon`	General support for Radeon cards. This setting is required when using any Radeon-related setting.	DRI • X
`swrast`	DRI-based driver that does OpenGL without any hardware support. Enabled by default regardless of profile settings, since Mesa needs at least one "real" output to generate libGL.	DRI • X
`virgl`	This driver provides accelerated OpenGL rendering within virtual machines via VirtualGL. X/DRI-based driver.	DRI • X
`vulkan-amdgpu`	Enable Vulkan support for AMDGPU.	Vulkan
`vulkan-intel`	Enables Mesa's DRI-based Vulkan driver for Intel chipsets.	DRI • Vulkan

Intel Graphics

intel: Enables general support for Intel integrated graphics.
i915: Enables support for Intel integrated graphics, i915 and more recent chipset. Most modern laptops with Intel integrated graphics will want this enabled.
i965: Enables support for Intel integrated graphics, i965 and more recent chipset. Most modern laptops with Intel integrated graphics will want this enabled.
vulkan-i965: Enables Mesa's Vulkan driver for i965 and more recent chipsets.

NVIDIA Graphics

nvidia: Enables support for Intel integrated graphics, i965 and more recent chipset. Most modern laptops with Intel integrated graphics will want this enabled. This driver includes support for traditional X-based accelerated rendering, Gallium and Vulkan.

Radeon/AMD Graphics

radeon: General support for Radeon-based cards. If you have one, enable this setting.
radeonsi: Support for nearly all Radeon HD 7xxx series as well as Radeon R9+ cards. If you have a relatively modern Radeon card, you'll want to enable this setting.
r600: Support for slightly older Radeon HD 7350, Radeon HD 6xxx series, HD 5xxx, HD 4xxxx, HD 2xxx (600 series thru 700 series, plus Evergreen and Northern Islands)
r300: Support for Radeon R500, R400 and R300 series cards.
r100: Support for Radeon R100 series cards.

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