Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 11:15:07 -0800 From: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> To: Manish Jain <jude.obscure@yandex.com>, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A question about graphics subsystems under FreeBSD Message-ID: <67575fff-d550-9ec6-12ee-dcc41f429bc4@nomadlogic.org> In-Reply-To: <b3316888-2ea4-4574-d132-d9e9b11df2c9@yandex.com> References: <b3316888-2ea4-4574-d132-d9e9b11df2c9@yandex.com>
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On 12/23/18 3:41 PM, Manish Jain wrote: > Hi, > > I have a port mkdesktop which simplifies the task of FreeBSD desktop > configuration. I was looking to enhance the port in its capabilities > and it would help me if I could know the various pkg's and kld's > needed by the various chipsets. > > As per my (incomplete) knowledge, the following are usually needed: > > Chipset | <Packages> | <Modules> > > AMD GPU | drm-kmod:xf86-video-amdgpu | > Radeon | drm-kmod:xf86-video-ati | radeonkms.ko** > NVidia | drm-kmod:nvidia-driver | nvidia.ko:nvidia-modeset.ko > Intel GPU | drm-kmod:xf86-video-intel | > > (** : Radeon appears to need radeon.ko and radeonkms.ko under FreeBSD > 11.x, and only radeonkms.ko in 12.0) > > I doubt if the above table is entirely correct and complete. > Could someone please fill me in on the missing tidbits so that I can > enhance my port (mkdesktop). > We've been trying to get the wiki in better shape in regards to AMD GPU and Intel i915 graphics. Here are two tables which should be pretty up to date (although I suspect some of the newer CPU's need to be added): https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/AMD-GPU-Matrix https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/Intel-GPU-Matrix Also the main wiki has been updated which will hopefully provide some insight as well: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/ tl;dr version is if you have an AMD GPU or Intel i915 based system, installing the "drm-kmod" package should work for you as it will select the appropriate kmod for your platform. Furthermore, there is no need to install the xf86-video drivers for these platforms as the modesetting driver which ships with Xorg is now the preferred Xorg driver upstream. Cheers, -pete -- Pete Wright pete@nomadlogic.org @nomadlogicLA
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