From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Dec 25 00:13:57 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0265D1353F65 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2018 00:13:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dreamchaser.org) Received: from nightmare.dreamchaser.org (ns.dreamchaser.org [66.109.141.57]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AC06672859 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2018 00:13:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dreamchaser.org) Received: from breakaway.dreamchaser.org (breakaway [192.168.151.122]) by nightmare.dreamchaser.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id wBP0Djem065060; Mon, 24 Dec 2018 17:13:46 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from freebsd@dreamchaser.org) Subject: Re: A question about graphics subsystems under FreeBSD To: Manish Jain , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <55b5d06209acb007b2f4f9a4052e77b7@kathe.in> <9b658246-ea2c-254a-fc83-5eb81ea6e53c@yandex.com> From: Gary Aitken Reply-To: freebsd@dreamchaser.org Message-ID: <5616c0b9-9b3c-06d1-0848-ae164c19edd8@dreamchaser.org> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 17:13:46 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.3.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <9b658246-ea2c-254a-fc83-5eb81ea6e53c@yandex.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.6.2 (nightmare.dreamchaser.org [192.168.151.101]); Mon, 24 Dec 2018 17:13:46 -0700 (MST) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: AC06672859 X-Spamd-Bar: ------ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd@dreamchaser.org designates 66.109.141.57 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd@dreamchaser.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.56 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[freebsd@dreamchaser.org]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[dreamchaser.org]; REPLYTO_ADDR_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[nightmare.dreamchaser.org]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.97)[-0.970,0]; IP_SCORE(-3.28)[ip: (-8.58), ipnet: 66.109.128.0/19(-4.29), asn: 21947(-3.43), country: US(-0.08)]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[yandex.com]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:21947, ipnet:66.109.128.0/19, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 00:13:57 -0000 On 12/23/18 11:13 AM, Manish Jain wrote: > I have a port mkdesktop which simplifies the task of FreeBSD desktop > configuration. I was looking to enhance the port in its capabilities > and it would help me if I could know the various pkg's and kld's > needed by the various chipsets. > > As per my (incomplete) knowledge, the following are usually needed: > > Chipset | | > > AMD GPU | drm-kmod:xf86-video-amdgpu | Radeon | > drm-kmod:xf86-video-ati | radeonkms.ko** NVidia | > drm-kmod:nvidia-driver | nvidia.ko:nvidia-modeset.ko Intel GPU | > drm-kmod:xf86-video-intel | > > (** : Radeon appears to need radeon.ko and radeonkms.ko under FreeBSD > 11.x, and only radeonkms.ko in 12.0) There are a boatload of additional radeonkmsfw_*.ko modules in /boot, but I don't know how they are used. My attempt to use a radeon 5550 board hung the system (11.2) on exit; haven't had time to look at it. > I doubt if the above table is entirely correct and complete. Could > someone please fill me in on the missing tidbits so that I can > enhance my port (mkdesktop). Gary