From owner-svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Tue Apr 12 21:05:11 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@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 13BB9B0E6A0; Tue, 12 Apr 2016 21:05:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C96F61532; Tue, 12 Apr 2016 21:05:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id u3CL5A0Q043888; Tue, 12 Apr 2016 21:05:10 GMT (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from wblock@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id u3CL5AZA043887; Tue, 12 Apr 2016 21:05:10 GMT (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201604122105.u3CL5AZA043887@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: wblock set sender to wblock@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Warren Block Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 21:05:10 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r48577 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 21:05:11 -0000 Author: wblock Date: Tue Apr 12 21:05:09 2016 New Revision: 48577 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/48577 Log: Add report from the Graphics team (submitted by Jean-Sébastien Pédron ). Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-01-2016-03.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-01-2016-03.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-01-2016-03.xml Tue Apr 12 20:59:43 2016 (r48576) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-01-2016-03.xml Tue Apr 12 21:05:09 2016 (r48577) @@ -277,4 +277,62 @@ + + + The Graphics stack on FreeBSD + + + + + FreeBSD Graphics team + + freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Graphics stack roadmap and supported hardware matrix + Ports development tree on GitHub + FreeBSD Graphics Team at FOSDEM 2016 + GSoC 2016: link /dev entries to sysctl nodes + GSoC 2016: redesign libdevq + + + +

The major news for this quarter is the update of the i915 + driver in the kernel! The driver now matches Linux 3.8.13, so + it includes initial Haswell support. Linux 3.8 is already + three years old, but work continues to upgrade DRM further. + In particular, the move to linuxkpi was started.

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In the Ports tree, Mesa was updated to 11.1.2. The next minor + release, 11.2.0, is ready for testing in our development tree. + We also updated libclc to 0.2.0.20151006, a library used by + Mesa to provide OpenCL support.

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We attended FOSDEM 2016 in Brussels. Jean-S??bastien P??dron + gave a talk to explain the work of the graphics team and show + how people can contribute. It was well received and the + presentation was followed by interesting discussions. FOSDEM + was also a nice occasion to meet and talk again to the nice + "upstream" developers of the graphics stack.

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For the first year, we added two ideas for GSoC 2016: one for + a kernel task, one to redesign libdevq. Six students + submitted a proposal for those two ideas, that was unexpected! + We now need to decide which one we want to mentor and the + choice is difficult.

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The blog is still down. We started to work on a replacement. + We will probably go with a static generated website hosted on + GitHub pages.

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See the "Graphics" wiki page for up-to-date + information.

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