Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 22:08:06 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd@dreamchaser.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A question about graphics subsystems under FreeBSD Message-ID: <20181225220806.4034686555e1d7be42587946@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <0595e1eb-253a-c167-af71-34d60fcee7b2@dreamchaser.org> References: <55b5d06209acb007b2f4f9a4052e77b7@kathe.in> <9b658246-ea2c-254a-fc83-5eb81ea6e53c@yandex.com> <5616c0b9-9b3c-06d1-0848-ae164c19edd8@dreamchaser.org> <20181225082137.135508fe323592e024c0b4e5@sohara.org> <0595e1eb-253a-c167-af71-34d60fcee7b2@dreamchaser.org>
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On Tue, 25 Dec 2018 11:29:07 -0700
Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> wrote:
> On 12/25/18 1:21 AM, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
> > On Mon, 24 Dec 2018 17:13:46 -0700 Gary Aitken
> > <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> wrote:
> >
> >> There are a boatload of additional radeonkmsfw_*.ko modules in
> >> /boot, but I don't know how they are used. My attempt to use a
> >> radeon 5550 board hung the system (11.2) on exit; haven't had time
> >> to look at it.
> >
> > The right ones are loaded automatically by the main radeonkms driver
> > - at least that's what happens with the amdgpu one. You almost
> > certainly need to compile the drm-kmod port to get things working -
> > installing the package is a recipe for panics IME.
>
> Thanks. Updating says:
>
> 20180930:
> ...
> A metaport, graphics/drm-kmod, was introduced for users of both the
> LinuxKPI- based DRM components as well as the legacy ones. It is
> recommended to use the metaport from now on, which will select a
> recommended DRM version based on the FreeBSD version.
>
> Attempting to build it on my 11.2 says:
> ===>>> This port is marked IGNORE
> ===>>> requires kernel source files in /usr/src
You will need to install the kernel sources to build the port.
> But one needs to read Makefile to see what, if anything, is actually
> required. 11.2 is marked IGNORE, although it specifies
> RUN_DEPENDS= ${KMODDIR}/drm.ko:graphics/drm-stable-kmod
Yes it will build that on 11.2 and the firmware.
> I do not have drm-stable-kmod installed, nor gpu-firmware-kmod on which
> drm-stable-kmod depends. Given the RUN_DEPENDS, it seems like the IGNORE
> might be a bug.
Not a bug, simply a reflection that you need the kernel sources to
build it, install the kernel sources and try again.
> scanning pkg-plist in all ports comes up empty for amdgpu_dri
Yep.
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