AMD GPU Kernel Mode-setting Support

From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 3 06:48:48 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC8832A9; Wed, 3 Jul 2013 06:48:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pgj@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0B04104E; Wed, 3 Jul 2013 06:48:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r636mmgb059299; Wed, 3 Jul 2013 06:48:48 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from pgj@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.5/Submit) id r636mmR0059298; Wed, 3 Jul 2013 06:48:48 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201307030648.r636mmR0059298@svn.freebsd.org> From: Gabor Pali Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 06:48:48 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r42123 - 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: 2.1.14 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: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 06:48:48 -0000 Author: pgj Date: Wed Jul 3 06:48:48 2013 New Revision: 42123 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42123 Log: - Add a Q2 entry on the AMD GPU KMS work Submitted by: dumbbell Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml Wed Jul 3 06:21:44 2013 (r42122) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.xml Wed Jul 3 06:48:48 2013 (r42123) @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@

Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report - contains 9 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.

+ contains 10 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.

The deadline for submissions covering between July and September 2013 @@ -459,4 +459,68 @@ Merge back changes to head. + + + AMD GPU Kernel Mode-setting Support + + + + + Jean-Sébastien + Pédron + + dumbbell@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Konstantin + Belousov + + kib@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Project status on the + wiki + + + +

Due to non-&os;-related activities from April to end of June, + the project progressed slowly:

+ +

Some important problems in TTM were fixed and several others + are being worked out. Applications affected by these bugs are + non-linear video editing software (which do not use Xv to + preview the video) or "screen" of VirtualBox, for + instance.
Regarding the locking issue with OpenGL, no work has been + done yet. glxgears works but some modern desktop + environments or WebGL demos hang. Once TTM bugs described + above are fixed, this is the next target.
Patches to Mesa to make it build out-of-the-box were + submitted upstream. As of writing, some were committed but + not all of them. Additionally, thanks to Jonathan Gray (of + OpenBSD) Mesa should hopefully work on &os;, OpenBSD and other + BSD flavors without additional patches.

+ +

Several users tested the driver. Andriy Gapon, Jonathan + Gray, and Mark Kettenis (of OpenBSD) submitted patches. kyzh + kindly donated several discrete cards from different series. + A big thanks to all those contributors!

+ +

The driver is still not stable enough for a wider call for + testers.

+ + + + Write instructions for the wiki to explain how to test the + driver. + +