Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:43:59 -0600 From: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> To: Pierre Guinoiseau <geekounet@poildetroll.net> Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org, "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com> Subject: Re: xorg ports roadmap? Message-ID: <1258037039.2304.4.camel@balrog.2hip.net> In-Reply-To: <4AFBCED9.8030207@poildetroll.net> References: <d873d5be0911091618s106d2a09ub4845e75cd5876a2@mail.gmail.com> <1257872944.39176.8.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <4AFBCED9.8030207@poildetroll.net>
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On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 10:01 +0100, Pierre Guinoiseau wrote: > Robert Noland wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 00:18 +0000, b. f. wrote: > >> What plans are there, if any, for an xorg update in Ports after 8.0 is > >> released? What versions of the key xorg ports will be included in > >> such an update? Are there any patches available, or a repository with > >> public access, as in the past? Is rnoland@ the only person working on > >> this? > > > > AFAIK, yes... I'm intending to update to at least basic set of 7.5 > > ports. There are some issues that need to be resolved though. We can't > > update the Intel driver without losing drm support and the current > > driver doesn't build against Xserver 1.7.1. This is probably not a > > major patch-up job, but I haven't looked at it in detail yet. > > About this Intel driver problem, is there any GEM/KMS implementation > currently planned for the FreeBSD kernel ? I have WIP branches for GEM and TTM. I haven't done anything towards KMS yet. Both GEM and TTM are non-trivial ports though and my current work queue, I don't have an ETA on having anything functional. robert. > The other > > main issue is that updating libdrm will break nouveau support and I > > haven't decided what to do about that yet. > > > > I'm happy to have help as my TODO list is quite lengthy and so it tends > > to be more a question of what I feel like working on on any given day. > > We just need to figure out how to effectively coordinate multiple > > peoples efforts. > > > > I have many of the ports updated in my cvs tree, but a full review of > > currently shipping versions needs to be done, as well as resolve the > > issues mentioned above. > > > > robert. > > > >> Regards, > >> b. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> FreeBSD
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