diff --git a/radeon-dont-flush-new-pixmaps.patch b/radeon-dont-flush-new-pixmaps.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89f9a3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/radeon-dont-flush-new-pixmaps.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+From 2ea53929c2e0ed0d9a184680812d8bdacb9d51f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Owen Taylor <otaylor@localhost.localdomain>
+Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:17:49 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] Don't flush when mapping a newly created pixmap into system ram
+ If we have a pixmap that has never been mapped into vram (and thus
+ never written to by the GPU), there is no need to flush the graphics
+ pipeline and wait for idle before starting to write to it.
+
+---
+ src/radeon_bufmgr_gem.c |    7 +++++++
+ src/radeon_bufmgr_gem.h |    1 +
+ src/radeon_exa.c        |    3 ++-
+ 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/radeon_bufmgr_gem.c b/src/radeon_bufmgr_gem.c
+index db28edc..d7b5644 100644
+--- a/src/radeon_bufmgr_gem.c
++++ b/src/radeon_bufmgr_gem.c
+@@ -528,3 +528,10 @@ void radeon_bufmgr_emit_reloc(dri_bo *buf, uint32_t *head, uint32_t *count_p, ui
+ 	radeon_bufmgr = (struct radeon_bufmgr *)(buf->bufmgr + 1);
+ 	radeon_bufmgr->emit_reloc(buf, head, count_p, read_domains, write_domain);
+ }
++
++int radeon_bufmgr_gem_in_vram(dri_bo *buf)
++{
++	dri_bo_gem *gem_bo = (dri_bo_gem *)buf;
++	
++	return gem_bo->in_vram;
++}
+diff --git a/src/radeon_bufmgr_gem.h b/src/radeon_bufmgr_gem.h
+index e2f1ca6..d67ddf6 100644
+--- a/src/radeon_bufmgr_gem.h
++++ b/src/radeon_bufmgr_gem.h
+@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ void radeon_bufmgr_post_submit(dri_bufmgr *bufmgr);
+ void radeon_bufmgr_pin(dri_bo *buf);
+ void radeon_bufmgr_unpin(dri_bo *buf);
+ uint32_t radeon_bufmgr_get_handle(dri_bo *buf);
++int radeon_bufmgr_gem_in_vram(dir_bo *buf);
+ #endif
+diff --git a/src/radeon_exa.c b/src/radeon_exa.c
+index 555ae16..dee537c 100644
+--- a/src/radeon_exa.c
++++ b/src/radeon_exa.c
+@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ static Bool RADEONPrepareAccess(PixmapPtr pPix, int index)
+ 	if (driver_priv->bo) {
+ 	    int ret;
+ 
+-	    RADEONCPFlushIndirect(pScrn, 0);
++	    if (radeon_bufmgr_gem_in_vram (driver_priv->bo))
++		RADEONCPFlushIndirect(pScrn, 0);
+ 
+ 	    //radeon_bufmgr_gem_wait_rendering(driver_priv->bo);
+ 
+-- 
+1.6.0.1
+
diff --git a/xorg-x11-drv-ati.spec b/xorg-x11-drv-ati.spec
index 19456f7..15f0552 100644
--- a/xorg-x11-drv-ati.spec
+++ b/xorg-x11-drv-ati.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Summary:   Xorg X11 ati video driver
 Name:      xorg-x11-drv-ati
 Version:   6.9.0
-Release:   17%{?dist}
+Release:   18%{?dist}
 URL:       http://www.x.org
 License:   MIT
 Group:     User Interface/X Hardware Support
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Patch3:     radeon-exa-fixes.patch
 Patch4:     radeon-6.9.0-remove-limit-heuristics.patch
 Patch5:	    radeon-6.9.0-panel-size-sanity.patch
 Patch6:     copy-fb-contents.patch
+Patch7:     radeon-dont-flush-new-pixmaps.patch
 
 ExcludeArch: s390 s390x
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ X.Org X11 ati video driver.
 %patch4 -p1 -b .remove-limit-heuristics
 %patch5 -p1 -b .panel-size
 %patch6 -p1 -b .copy-fb-contents
+%patch7 -p1 -b .dont-flush
 
 %build
 autoreconf
@@ -75,6 +77,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_mandir}/man4/radeon.4*
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Sep 27 2008 Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com> 6.9.0-18
+- fix fb contents patch
+- EXA speedup from otaylor.
+
 * Fri Sep 26 2008 Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com> 6.9.0-17
 - exa offset fixes for changes in X server