Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:54:59 +0000 From: Jean-=?utf-8?Q?S=C3=A9bast?==?utf-8?Q?ien P=C3=A9?=dron <dumbbell@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 5f2775bccd - main - Status/2026Q2/drm-drivers.adoc: Add report about DRM drivers Message-ID: <6a53b8d3.4244d.72e79fc2@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by dumbbell: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=5f2775bccd9d92b9bbb27801cdd150a81810702e commit 5f2775bccd9d92b9bbb27801cdd150a81810702e Author: Jean-Sébastien Pédron <dumbbell@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2026-06-18 17:36:29 +0000 Commit: Jean-Sébastien Pédron <dumbbell@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2026-07-12 15:54:34 +0000 Status/2026Q2/drm-drivers.adoc: Add report about DRM drivers Reviewed by: salvadore Approved by: salvadore Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/685 --- .../status/report-2026-04-2026-06/drm-drivers.adoc | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2026-04-2026-06/drm-drivers.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2026-04-2026-06/drm-drivers.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e140624831 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2026-04-2026-06/drm-drivers.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +=== DRM drivers + +Links: + +link:https://github.com/freebsd/drm-kmod/pull/469[Update to Linux 6.13 DRM drivers] URL: link:https://github.com/freebsd/drm-kmod/pull/469[] + +Contact: Jean-Sébastien Pédron <dumbbell@FreeBSD.org> + +DRM drivers are **kernel drivers for integrated and discrete GPUs**. +They are maintained in the Linux kernel and we port them to FreeBSD. +As of this report, we take the AMD and Intel DRM drivers only (NVIDIA FreeBSD drivers are proprietary and provided by NVIDIA themselves). + +We port them one Linux version at a time. +This allows us to ship updates more often and it eases porting and debugging because we have a smaller delta compared to a bigger jump skipping several versions. + +This quarter, we finished the **porting of DRM drivers from Linux 6.12 LTS in time for the release of FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE**. +Because this is an LTS version, we will track changes from the Linux 6.12.x patches. +Currently, we are at 6.12.81 and work is underway to continue to bump to the latest patch. +These drivers are available from the Ports tree and as packages. + +As part of the work on 6.12 drivers, several bugs or regressions were fixed for already supported GPUs. +Some newer GPUs started to work as well. + +We still have several instabilities to fix in both the i915 and the amdgpu drivers. + +We also continued to port DRM drivers from following Linux versions: +* The **update to Linux 6.13 is under review and testing**. +* The update to Linux 6.14 is ready as well and will be reviewed after the 6.13 update. + +This work is kindly sponsored by the FreeBSD Foundation as part of the Laptop and Desktop Project. + +Sponsor: The FreeBSD Foundationhome | help
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