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Date:      Mon, 21 Dec 2015 17:06:27 +0100
From:      Bertram Scharpf <lists@bertram-scharpf.de>
To:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Trying to run Broadwell
Message-ID:  <20151221160627.GA32211@becker.bs.l>
In-Reply-To: <56746186.7000107@dumbbell.fr>
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Hi,

On Friday, 18. Dec 2015, 20:41:58 +0100, Jean-S=C3=A9bastien P=C3=A9dron wr=
ote:
> On 15/12/2015 23:33, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> > On Tuesday, 08. Dec 2015, 18:34:19 +0100, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> >> On Monday, 07. Dec 2015, 14:34:03 +0100, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> >>>> https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/Update%20i915%20GPU%20driver%20to%=
20Linux%203.8
> >>>
> >> X still doesn't start. I provide a dmesg etc. output at
> >> <http://bertram-scharpf.spdns.de/tmp/drm-i915-update-38-fail_hp_bschar=
pf.tar.gz>.
> >=20
> > I started hacking it and I managed to yield some more
> > logging output now. Could someone give me a hint what to do
> > next?
>=20
> So the branch drm-i915-update-38 does not include Broadwell or Skylake
> support. Compared to what is currently in HEAD, we will gain initial
> support for Haswell and Valley View. By "initial", I mean experimental
> and unstable. We will need code from Linux 3.9 and 3.10 to have a more
> robust support for those two GPU families.
>=20
> If you are willing to help, you are very welcome! Before committing this
> branch, we need to fix any regressions with currently supported GPUs. Do
> you have access to Sandybridge or Ivy Bridge computers?

Sorry, neither. Anyway, it could be interesting for me to track progess.

> If you prefer to work on bringing new code from Linux, please fork my
> drm-i915-update-38 branch and try to import commits from Linux 3.9. I
> don't know what's the best course of actions: either one commit at a
> time or one file at a time. Are you interested in this task?

I would like to give it a try.

Which ist the right repository to import commits/files from?
How do I find the point to start from?

Thanks in advance,

Bertram


--=20
Bertram Scharpf
Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany
http://www.bertram-scharpf.de



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