Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 03:36:55 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r49574 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201610250336.u9P3atRJ062507@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Tue Oct 25 03:36:55 2016 New Revision: 49574 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49574 Log: Add Graphic stack entry from kwm Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml Tue Oct 25 03:27:44 2016 (r49573) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml Tue Oct 25 03:36:55 2016 (r49574) @@ -1555,4 +1555,84 @@ The FreeBSD Foundation </sponsor> </project> + + <project cat='proj'> + <title>The Graphics Stack on &os;</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name>&os; Graphics Team</name> + <email>freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + + <person> + <name> + <given>Matthew</given> + <common>Macy</common> + </name> + <email>mmacy@nextbsd.org</email> + </person> + + <person> + <name> + <given>Johannes</given> + <common>Lundberg</common> + </name> + <email>yohanesu75@me.com</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://github.com/&os;Desktop/&os;-base-graphics">GitHub Repository</url> + <url href="http://wiki.FreeBSD.org/Graphics">Graphics Stack Roadmap and Supported Hardware Matrix</url> + <url href="https://github.com/&os;/&os;-ports-graphics">Ports Development Repository</url> + <url href="https://github.com/&os;Desktop/&os;-base-graphics/tree/drm-next-4.7">DRM 4.7 Development Repository</url> + <url href="https://wiki.FreeBSD.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas#Devices_management:_link_.2Fdev_entries_to_sysctl_nodes">GSoC 2016: Link <tt>/dev</tt> Entries to Sysctl Nodes</url> + <url href="https://wiki.FreeBSD.org/SummerOfCode2016/RethinkLibdevq">GSoC 2016: Redesign libdevq </url> + <url href="https://github.com/yohanesu75/&os;-base-graphics/wiki/Wayland-on-&os;">Wayland Notes</url> + <url href="http://planet.FreeBSD.org/graphics">Graphics Team Blog</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>We are sad to report that both GSoc projects failed. The + <tt>libdevq</tt> project was abandonned as the student + disappeared. The kernel project was incomplete because the + student could not work for personal reasons. He plans to + resume work and complete the task, even though GSoC 2016 is + finished.</p> + + <p>The X.org server version 1.18.4 together with updates for + the <tt>xf86-video-ati</tt> and <tt>xf86-video-intel</tt> DDX + drivers are ready for wider testing and a CFT will be sent out + shortly. These updates are required in order to use newer DRM + versions.</p> + + <p>The missing functionality from <tt>libdrm</tt> that is + needed by the <tt>amdgpu</tt> driver has been added. These + chances will be committed to the ports tree shortly after the + xorg-server update.</p> + + <p>DRM from Linux 4.8 was ported to the <tt>drm-next</tt> + branch. This branch should be used for <tt>radeon</tt> and + <tt>amdgpu</tt> cards; for <tt>i915</tt> cards the + <tt>drm-next-4.7</tt> should be used, due to instabilities in + the intel driver in <tt>drm-next</tt> branch.</p> + + <p>Johannes Lundberg has been working on getting the Wayland + enviroment up and running on &os;. The Wayland ports are in + a working state except for the Weston compositor.</p> + + <p>The current Weston port (from DragonFlyBSD) might be + scrapped and a new port created from scratch based on the + upstream source code. With the use of <tt>libinput</tt>, + <tt>libudev-devd</tt>, and <tt>epoll-shim</tt>, the diff will + not be very large and will be easier to maintain.</p> + + <p>Patches for <tt>wlc</tt> (another Wayland compositor) are + being pushed upstream. On the TODO list is refactoring the + tty code into selectable backends (linux, &os;, etc), as + recommended by the author of <tt>wlc</tt>. For now, it is + running on &os; with patches in the ports tree.</p> + </body> + </project> </report>
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