Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 06:19:57 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: Kurt Hackenberg <kh@panix.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: drm-kmod kills FreeBSD Message-ID: <20210122061957.6e5e47f2.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <24585.54910.108538.969885@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.20.2101201919360.73682@tripel.monochrome.org> <CAM8r67D-TZ0ZrLO7=JWTQ5Ak2jcq%2B3P3pAXuu1HCnMrxQjG5Ow@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.2101202008490.73682@tripel.monochrome.org> <24584.64455.966459.479993@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <dc52a4ab-378a-9d65-a664-43569bceae36@panix.com> <24585.54910.108538.969885@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:31:10 -0500, Robert Huff wrote:
> Kurt Hackenberg <kh@panix.com> :
>
> > Robert Huff wrote:
> >
> > > To do what they do, drm-kmods and gpu-firmware-kmod burrow
> > > _deep_ into the kernel; everything needs to be _perfectly_ in
> > > sync or ... <hairball!>
> >
> > They are part of the kernel, literally kernel
> > modules. Distributing them as ports/packages was expedient, a
> > quick hack. I think they should somehow be distributed as part of
> > the kernel.
>
> I would be OK with that _if_ there was single drm module; or, at
> the least, _much_ greater clarity about which module goes with a
> particular chipset.
With the upcoming solution to have "pkg base" on FreeBSD, i. e.,
everything will be packaged and distributed via pkg (cf. Linux
packaging: "the kernel is a package"), the problem will probably
go away. It's just important that a precompiled package works
with the kernel currently running, so building from source is
not needed. However, making the graphics drivers become a part
of the kernel ("kernel package"), just like sound drivers or
network drivers are part of the kernel, would definitely be
a welcome idea (even though it should not interfere with using
FreeBSD for non-desktop systems not requiring graphics support,
so making it somehow optional to _load_ them would be nice).
> (On my to-do list is upgrading one system from a Radeon HD 3300
> to something (AMD) that uses GCN. After weeks of research I
> think\\\\\hope I've found the right answer ....)
It's either amdgpu or radeondrm. ;-)
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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