Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:46:10 +0200 From: Nicolas Martyanoff <khaelin@gmail.com> To: Johannes Dieterich <dieterich.joh@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel HD 5500 driver port Message-ID: <20150330094610.GB3937@valhala.home> In-Reply-To: <CABquGzUtzUrAy-v5hAfbzt294Zd-kKxrUN59rPaYdnnbCsK0xg@mail.gmail.com> References: <20150330093352.GA3937@valhala.home> <CABquGzUtzUrAy-v5hAfbzt294Zd-kKxrUN59rPaYdnnbCsK0xg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2015-03-30 11:39, Johannes Dieterich wrote: > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Nicolas Martyanoff <khaelin@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have trouble finding info about support for the Intel HD 5500 graphic chip > > (used on broadwell platforms such as new Thinkpads) on FreeBSD. On Linux, it > > seems to be supported by the Intel driver Since June 2014¹. > > > > Is there a port in progress, or some development being done ? > neither Haswell nor Broadwell iGPUs are currently supported by any > version of FreeBSD with the intel driver. However, work is underway by > some developers (kib@, dumbbell@) to make this happen. Please see > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics for up-to-date status/information of > all things graphics. > > Depending on your requirements, you can use the vesa driver with > software rendering in the mean time. Thank you for the information. I'll try software rendering when I get the laptop. -- Nicolas Martyanoff http://wandrian.net khaelin@gmail.com
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