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Date:      Fri, 12 Dec 2014 19:16:29 +0100
From:      =?UTF-8?B?SmVhbi1Tw6liYXN0aWVuIFDDqWRyb24=?= <dumbbell@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Mesa 9.2+ could be enabled on 8.4
Message-ID:  <548B30FD.6070708@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <54862104.80501@riseup.net>
References:  <54862104.80501@riseup.net>

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On 08.12.2014 23:07, Piotr Kubaj wrote:
> The reason Mesa 9.2+ cannot work on releases lower than 10.1 is that the
> lack hardware context doesn't play nice with it when using Intel GPU's.
> But Intel GPU drivers are broken on 8.4 anyway, so it shouldn't really
> matter since users are expected to run Vesa, AMD UMS or Nvidia drivers.

You're right. We are working on a FreeBSD 9.x  specific port for the
i915 kernel driver. This will allow us to enable a modern Mesa
everywhere, including 8.x.

-- 
Jean-Sébastien Pédron


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