Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 20:37:21 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KMS Question Message-ID: <201207032037.21211.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1207021243000.5386@wonkity.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1207020503160.63787@pukruppa.de> <201207021126.38116.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1207021243000.5386@wonkity.com>
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Hi, On Tuesday, July 03, 2012 01:54:47 AM Warren Block wrote: > On Mon, 2 Jul 2012, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > On Monday, July 02, 2012 11:13:56 AM Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > >> On Mon, 2 Jul 2012, Erich Dollansky wrote: > >> > >>> On Monday, July 02, 2012 10:16:43 AM Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > >>>> > >>>> please correct me, if I misunderstood something about KMS . > >>>> > >>>> I built xorg-7.7 on FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE #0: Mon Jun 11 23:48:45 > >>>> CEST 2 amd64 . > >>>> > >>>> When I do a plain > >>>> # startx > >>>> (no xorg.conf set) I receive > >>>> > >>> I do this: > >>> > >>> sudo kldload i915kms > >>> sudo kldload acpi_call > >>> sudo chmod 666 /dev/acpi > >>> startx > >> Actually this is my question: I cannot kldload these two modules > >> because I don't have them. I believed I wouldn't need them since > >> I don't have any Intel-chipset. Do I need them anyway? > > > > ok, then we need more information. What kind of machine do you have? CPU and GPU? > > > > To my knowledge, KMS needs an Intel i3, i5 or i7 to work. You cannot use KMS with all other CPUs. > > That doesn't sound right, although I have not yet tested it. It should > only depend on the graphics chipset, not the processor, and some earlier > GPUs should be supported. The wiki (http://wiki.freebsd.org/Intel_GPU) > says of course. I did not realise that older GPUs outside the CPU could be compatible. > "Initial goal is to have gen4-gen6 (and gen7 AKA IvyBridge, when > available) hardware support. Gen2 and gen3 will be best efforts. See > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA for the useful table with the > information about the hardware, generations and marketing nicks." > > Generation four is GMA X3000, five and six are... not clear to me. > Maybe X3500 and X4500. > > > You also do not need it if you have another GPU you want to use it in the system. > > Yes, or put another way, the Intel driver is the only one which has > working KMS at present. > This is the better phrasing. Erich >
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