Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 14:13:45 -0500 From: Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> To: Doug Kirk <dbkirk@gmail.com> Cc: Matthew Macy <mmacy@nextbsd.org>, "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gfx-next update: drm-4.8-rc2 tagged in drm-next Message-ID: <20160920191345.GR8480@rancor.immure.com> 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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Thanks Doug! This should be a big help as I was clueless as to where to begin. The URL for instructions appears to cover what I need. Bob On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 07:07:15PM +0000, 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. > > The only other problem I faced was a missing/changed function in a shared > library that `pkg` relies on. Using `pkg-static` to install packages worked > around that. > > Cheers! > -doug > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 11:58 AM Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 12:12:44AM -0700, Matthew Macy wrote: > > > As of this moment sys/dev/drm in the drm-next tree is sync with > > https://github.com/torvalds/linux drivers/gpu/drm (albeit only for the > > subset of drivers that FreeBSD supports - i915, radeon, and amdgpu). I > > feel this is a bit of a milestone as it means that it is possible that in > > the future graphics support on FreeBSD could proceed in lockstep with Linux. > > > > > > In addition I have IFCed both drm-next-4.6 and drm-next to HEAD as of > > today. > > > > > > Once I'm done working on Kaby Lake support I intend to get radeon and > > amdgpu to the point where they work as well as i915. Following that we'll > > need to spend some time resolving general correctness issues. > > > > > > -M > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > I just picked up a Skylake i5 NUC (NUC6i5SYH) and was looking for help on > > what > > I need to do to tryout the driver support for Skylake on it. > > > > Currently I have FreeBSD-current (as of a couple of days ago) running on > > it. > > I've read through most of the emails here discussing drm-next support but > > I'm > > not at all clear on where to start? What do I need to do/get? > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Bob > > > > > > -- > > Bob Willcox | In real love you want the other person's good. In > > bob@immure.com | romantic love you want the other person. > > Austin, TX | -- Margaret Anderson > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- Bob Willcox | In real love you want the other person's good. In bob@immure.com | romantic love you want the other person. Austin, TX | -- Margaret Anderson
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