Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 09:04:06 +0200 From: Johannes Lundberg <johalun0@gmail.com> To: x11-list freebsd <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is Radeon RX Vega 64 supported by drm-next? Message-ID: <CAECmPwuCr5t5W2XsgHdw9QgZZYbDWjYruVQpr65snm6t6mwG8g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <d0b3a2fd-de8f-5ff0-3e32-114f836e857d@gjunka.com> References: <f7f3afe3-8247-b49e-1b90-01eb87a4e33c@gjunka.com> <d0b3a2fd-de8f-5ff0-3e32-114f836e857d@gjunka.com>
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On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 8:56 AM Grzegorz Junka <list1@gjunka.com> wrote: > On 17/06/2018 17:29, Grzegorz Junka wrote: > > Hello All > > > > According to various sources (including posts to freebsd-x11) > > drm-stable-kmod supports Polaris (RX 4xx/5xx). Does it mean that > > drm-next-kmod supports RX Vega? > > > > According to Wikipedia Radeon RX 580 is GCN 4th gen: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Radeon_500_series > > > > Which is the last generation before Vega, which in Wikipedia is marked > > as GCN 5th gen: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units > > > > So there is no other GPU left between them. There is also nothing else > > beyond Vega, which suggests that the only difference between > > drm-stable and drm-next is the additional support for the latest GPU - > > Vega. Or I am missing something? > > Answering my own question, looks like preliminary Radeon RX Vega support > landed in Linux 4.12 with full support in 4.14/15. So it seems there is > no additional Radeon GPU supported in drm-next-kmod (Linux 4.11) that > isn't already supported in drm-stable-kmod (Linux 4.9). The differences > seem to be down to improvements in VM drivers and power management. > Please let me know if you have other information. > > Another question, is it possible to estimate work/time before > Wayland/drm-kmod on FreeBSD supports Linux 4.12/14/15 or NVidia cards? > You can try building the drm-v4.15 branch from source. It should work now with stock kernel (>=1200066). https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/kms-drm I use it on my AMD Ryzen 3 2200G APU. We're getting ready to release 4.15 as a port, however it's not bug free yet so it will be a -devel port. > GrzegorzJ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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