From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Dec 4 01:55:49 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CD07A3680E for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2015 01:55:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "wonkity.com", Issuer "wonkity.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EFBA1117C for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2015 01:55:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id tB41tavg006018 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 3 Dec 2015 18:55:36 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id tB41taEU006015; Thu, 3 Dec 2015 18:55:36 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 18:55:36 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Bertram Scharpf cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X won't start In-Reply-To: <20151203222137.GA1111@becker.bs.l> Message-ID: References: <20151203174008.GA98937@becker.bs.l> <20151203222137.GA1111@becker.bs.l> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (BSF 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 03 Dec 2015 18:55:36 -0700 (MST) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2015 01:55:49 -0000 On Thu, 3 Dec 2015, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > On Thursday, 03. Dec 2015, 13:42:25 -0700, Warren Block wrote: >> On Thu, 3 Dec 2015, Bertram Scharpf wrote: >>> >>> Section "Device" >>> Identifier "Card0" >>> Driver "intel" >>> BusID "PCI:0:2:0" >>> EndSection >>> >>> # pciconf -lv | grep -A 4 vga >>> vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0x803a103c chip=0x16068086 rev=0x08 hdr=0x00 >>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation' >>> device = 'Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics' >>> class = display >>> subclass = VGA >>> >>> Looks good, doesn't it? Besides that, Linux on the same >>> machine uses the "intel" driver successfully. >> >> Broadwell is not yet supported by the intel driver version in FreeBSD. >> At present, vesa must be used. > > Arrgh! That hurts. It is already the second built-in device > that is not supported. (The other one is the RTL8723BE > wirelass card.) > > What does "not yet"/"at present" mean? Is there currently > work on it? I would not mind to contribute, not least > because I now own an excellent testing environment. Work is going on right now. The freebsd-x11 mailing list is the place to look: http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11