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Date:      Tue, 20 Sep 2016 12:19:43 -0700
From:      Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org>
To:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: gfx-next update: drm-4.8-rc2 tagged in drm-next
Message-ID:  <439e20fa-6385-68fb-c97e-24705ebd2f94@nomadlogic.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAGhTqAXdNBTbdvSzBUFaOMY10jEMy6MehNqN%2BFfdZVpZ5Y1Rbg@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <1569231fc12.1189a20c2251388.8699372849515846410@nextbsd.org> <20160920162456.GO8480@rancor.immure.com> <CAGhTqAXdNBTbdvSzBUFaOMY10jEMy6MehNqN%2BFfdZVpZ5Y1Rbg@mail.gmail.com>

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On 9/20/16 12:07 PM, Doug Kirk wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> To start, you'll want to build and install the kernel from the "drm-next"
> branch at https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics .
> Instructions in the FreeBSD handbook for building/installing.
>
> Then, the instructions at (
> https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics/wiki#installing-required-userland-components)
> will tell you how to get the updated X server installed.
>
> One thing to note that's not really stated anywhere is that you need to
> load the i915kms driver in rc.conf, not from the boot loader, as it's not
> ready for boot-time loading yet (last I worked with it, last month).
> Boot-time loading results in a panic.
>


oh interesting i'll take a look at that tonight.  on my end i've been 
letting Xorg load the i915kms module: i.e. not loading it via rc.conf.

cheers,
-pete


-- 
Pete Wright
pete@nomadlogic.org
nomadlogicLA



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