Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 09:45:41 +0100 From: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Call for testers] The i915 kernel driver as a port on FreeBSD 9.3 Message-ID: <551275B5.4090107@netfence.it> In-Reply-To: <5511F27A.4010400@FreeBSD.org> References: <5511F27A.4010400@FreeBSD.org>
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On 03/25/15 00:25, Jean-Sébastien Pédron wrote: > Hi! > > FreeBSD 9.3's i915 kernel driver is missing hardware context support. > This means we are stuck with Mesa 9.1 and xserver 1.14 on this version. > > We are experimenting with providing the i915 kernel driver with hardware > context as a port: > http://blogs.freebsdish.org/graphics/2015/03/18/mesa-10-x-and-i915-on-freebsd-9-x/ > > The article includes a patch and instructions to test it. > > Could i915 and Radeon users running FreeBSD 9.3 on their desktop please > test this? > Forgive me for being so dumb, but I don't even know what an "hardware context" is (any link appreciated). Subject says this is for i915, but Radeon users should test this too. I'm confused, as I thought this driver was only for i3/i5/i7 integrated graphic card. In any case, I have a Radeon card on an AMD Phenom based system. Should I try this? What benefits/differences should I expect? bye & Thanks av.
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