Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 23:58:05 -0700 From: Matthew Macy <mmacy@nextbsd.org> To: "Jan Mikkelsen" <janm@transactionware.com> Cc: "Pete Wright" <pete@nomadlogic.org>, "" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gfx-next update: drm-4.8-rc2 tagged in drm-next Message-ID: <1574b8980bc.106a6e9ef306540.4216158444646545056@nextbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <3FEE7DD3-C408-4398-9F0B-5529B2E7A61F@transactionware.com> References: <1569231fc12.1189a20c2251388.8699372849515846410@nextbsd.org> <20160920162456.GO8480@rancor.immure.com> <CAGhTqAXdNBTbdvSzBUFaOMY10jEMy6MehNqN%2BFfdZVpZ5Y1Rbg@mail.gmail.com> <439e20fa-6385-68fb-c97e-24705ebd2f94@nomadlogic.org> <157496f7268.ac5eb5ca278618.8741026532558973404@nextbsd.org> <3FEE7DD3-C408-4398-9F0B-5529B2E7A61F@transactionware.com>
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---- On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 21:59:43 -0700 Jan Mikkelsen <janm@transactionwar= e.com> wrote ----=20 > Hi,=20 > =20 > > On 20 Sep 2016, at 23:10, Matthew Macy <mmacy@nextbsd.org> wrote:=20 > > ---- On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 12:19:43 -0700 Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.o= rg> wrote ---- =20 > >> =20 > >> =20 > >> On 9/20/16 12:07 PM, Doug Kirk wrote: =20 > >>> Hi Bob, =20 > >>> =20 > >>> To start, you'll want to build and install the kernel from the "drm-= next" =20 > >>> branch at https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics . = =20 > >>> Instructions in the FreeBSD handbook for building/installing. =20 > > =20 > > No. drm-next tracks upstream, but is not guaranteed to work at any par= ticular point in time. Intel users should be using drm-next-4.7.=20 > > =20 > =20 > That=E2=80=99s useful to know =E2=80=94 We have been using drm-next, run= ning on Celeron J1900 systems with Bay Trail.=20 If it works for you, feel free to use it. The bleeding edge amdgpu users us= e drm-next. However, I find that it invariably locks up on me within an hou= r on my SKL based Carbon X1. I haven't really had the time / energy to dig = in to it. > Is the plan for drm-next-4.7 make its way into 11-CURRENT at some point?= =20 Eventually all the requisite patches to sys will make it in at which point = drm-next-<n> will become available as a port allowing one to install the dr= ivers just as one installs xorg and the ddx today. Keeping it as a port wil= l allow us to decouple freebsd releases from graphics developments making i= t possible to support the latest hardware on near EOL branches. > Thanks for the work =E2=80=94 It is very useful.=20 Thanks. -M
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