Works with no 3d acceleration on Dragora, Trisquel, and now Parabola as of 2017
parabola-2012.10.17 x86-64
By default: does not work, says there is no free firmware, and soon shows garbage (not a hang).
With radeon.modeset=0 or nomodeset in boot options, text console works. Haven't tried starting X.
On Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid, it is the same before X is started. If Xorg has been started, showing the text (fb) console requires KMS and the binary-only microcode, sending no signal to the monitor when those are not available. So I say it is not usable.
lspci -nnk: 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310] [1002:9802] Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device [1849:9802] Kernel driver in use: radeon
Tarjetas 3G | 34 |
Acquisition cards | 34 |
Bluetooth | 58 |
Tarjetas de ethernet | 173 |
Lectores de huellas digitales | 11 |
Controlador de Host | 170 |
Modems | 18 |
Computador portátil | 796 |
Printers | 127 |
Adaptador RAID | 20 |
Escáners | 24 |
Lectores de tarjetas SD | 57 |
Tarjetas de audio | 143 |
Tarjetas de video | 343 |
Cámaras web | 132 |
Tarjetas de red inalámbrica | 234 |
TOTAL | 2374 |