Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 23:12:10 +0300 From: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org> To: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> Cc: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>, "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org>, David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD-head hang when shutdown by ACPI with Intel GPU and new Xorg and SandyBridge Message-ID: <20130713231210.4b92aaf2.ray@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20130712160547.GP88288@e-new.0x20.net> References: <1601171.hWXcdG7J9D@notebook.alkar.net> <CAN6yY1vZmHAGy=R-MyP71bh-H4npvfRKSUPNrBnh3-2GHurs3Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAASDrVm3eNYMvpJ-bCGve9Yq3ZgzNNYP5cD-0zFjrBTKfM6D-g@mail.gmail.com> <22CEA4A9-5C63-4561-8663-42F8623F1D97@FreeBSD.org> <20130712160547.GP88288@e-new.0x20.net>
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On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 18:05:47 +0200 Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 11:26:06AM +0100, David Chisnall wrote: > > On 12 Jul 2013, at 10:01, "Lundberg, Johannes" > > <johannes@brilliantservice.co.jp> wrote: > > > > >> As the KMS code does not switch the display mode back, once X > > >> with KMS > > > starts, you can't get a console back. > > > > > > Is there any solution for this in the works? > > > > Yes. ray@ is currently being funded by the FreeBSD Foundation to > > improve Newcons compatibility with KMS. The Newcons framework is > > designed to improve layering in the console. The machine-dependent > > part simply provides a framebuffer interface, the > > machine-independent part provides the terminal emulator (this also > > means things like unicode in the console will work, as will > > higher-resolution consoles). It's currently used on a few non-x86 > > platforms, but it wasn't a priority for x86 because the PC BIOS > > text console mostly works and people who want a better terminal can > > just run X. It's now become a priority because of the KMS > > integration with X.org. Once this work is completed, we will > > switch to a new X.org by default and will use the KMS interface > > within the kernel for selecting the video mode. > > Is there a rough ETA for this great improvement? I hope first things to test will be available on begin of the August. But it is just hope yet :) Thanks. -- Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>
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