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Date:      Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:03:14 +0100 (BST)
From:      Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bris.ac.uk>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd@qeng-ho.org, mexas@bris.ac.uk
Subject:   Re: haswell supported? (dell latitude 3340)
Message-ID:  <201504240803.t3O83Ep8024050@mech-as222.men.bris.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <5539EE8C.4050500@qeng-ho.org>

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>From freebsd@qeng-ho.org Fri Apr 24 09:01:09 2015
>On 23/04/2015 16:59, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
>> I was given at work Dell Latitude 3340 laptop.
>> I can't seem to get X to work under 10.1-release.
>> On closer examination I see it uses Haswell chip:
>>
>> vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0:     class=0x030000 card=0x061f1028 chip=0x0a168086 rev=0x0b hdr=0x00
>>      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>>      device     = 'Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller'
>>      class      = display
>>      subclass   = VGA
>>
>> which is "not supported" according to
>> https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics
>>
>> Can somebody please confirm this is indeed the case
>> and graphics will not work on this laptop.
>> Is it supported in -current?
>
>My desktop has a Haswell CPU, and I use the vesa driver for now (with 
>the VT system). I can get 2560x1440 resolution out of it with no 
>problem, and as I don't do anything that needs advanced graphics it's 
>good enough for my purposes.

Yes, I did the same.
Ideally I want to attch an hdmi monitor to
this laptop, because the laptop's screen is small.
But I guess vesa driver does not support this?
At so far I haven't succeded.

Anton



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