Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 15:07:45 -0700 From: Matthew Macy <mmacy@nextbsd.org> To: "Jakob Alvermark" <jakob@alvermark.net> Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 4.6 DRM/i915 update CFT (Sandy Bridge?)/IvyBridge/Haswell/Broadwell/SkyLake/KabyLake supported Message-ID: <15508dbb877.10c5054ba53698.9051561445660695318@nextbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <63794.193.12.143.142.1464721307.squirrel@webmail.alvermark.net> References: <154d7562f75.116fac600120763.1508477402245154899@nextbsd.org> <32749.85.229.93.153.1463943167.squirrel@webmail.alvermark.net> <63794.193.12.143.142.1464721307.squirrel@webmail.alvermark.net>
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---- On Tue, 31 May 2016 12:01:47 -0700 Jakob Alvermark <jakob@alvermark.net> wrote ---- > Hi again, > > I noticed there was a new image today, cftdisk_2016052307.img.xz > Tried booting it on the Yoga 12. 'kldload i915kms' does not panic now, but > something is not right. > After the module is loaded, the screen only updates every 5 seconds or so. > Makes it very interesting to type. That's very odd. > Attached it the dmesg. If you need any more let me know. > > Also tested this on my Acer Aspire E3-112, Pentium N3540 (Baytrail > M/Valleyview). Looks better, console stays fine and responsive after > loading the module. The image did not have X on it so I didn't test that. > > Thanks, What processor is the Yoga 12? KDE and xfce aren't in the pkg repo at the moment so the pkg install failed. I've created a new image with e16. Please try that. -M > > On Sun, May 22, 2016 20:52, Jakob Alvermark wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > I tested the image disk_16052200.img.xz on my ThinPad Yoga 12 (Broadwell) > > It panics when I try 'startx' or 'kldload i915kms' > > > > > > Attached core.txt.0 > > > > > > Thanks for working on this! > > > > > > Jakob > > > > > > On Sun, May 22, 2016 09:20, Matthew Macy wrote: > > > >> > > > >> I'm happy to announce a call for testers for the 4.6 update of drm and > >> i915. The driver has been successfully tested on IvyBridge, Haswell, > >> Broadwell and Skylake. At least basic HW 3D acceleration should work, > >> VGA and DP out are known to work. Video decode has only been tried > >> once and that did not work. > >> > >> At this point I'm most interested in taking an inventory of what is > >> broken where. My priorities are common sense: > >> > >> a) stability b) fixing 2D artifacts c) fixing 3D problems d) video > > decode d) > >> output support e) other features > >> > >> At this time "prime" (needed for switching between GPUs, compute > >> APIs, and DRI3) is not yet supported. All the pieces are in place but > >> support existing functionality is a higher priority. Userptr (mapping > >> user memory in to the driver) requires VM changes. Support is planned, > >> but likely post-11. > >> > >> > >> A few caveats are in order: > >> - The only reported test on Sandy Bridge indicated severe artifacts. > >> - Arrandale (pre-Sandy Bridge) and earlier are not yet supported by > >> this update. The intel_i810 code has been heavily localized for FreeBSD > >> making it more difficult to integrate. Thus there are holes in the gmch > >> support. - This update is 64-bit only. There is no good reason to be > >> running in 32-bit mode on any of the hardware supported by this driver. - > >> Although it works fine for me on my Skylake the one other tester > >> I have reports from indicates that the driver isn't actually > >> attaching and creating aliases for the drm device nodes. > >> > >> > >> Please send issue/success reports to the freebsd-x11 mailing list. > >> I may be preoccupied with work matters for periods of time. Sending > >> it to the list makes sure that the messages don't get lost. > >> > >> > >> If you encounter problems with startx, please try loading the i915 > >> kmod in isolation and make sure that it switches correctly to vt_fb. If > >> you're not running efifb you'll notice a change in resolution. If it > >> works but is slow or has artifacts you may try switching to UXA by > >> removing /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf (if you're using > >> the USB image). If you've built from source, try configuring SNA > >> instead. SNA is much better behaved for me. > >> > >> > >> > >> The usual rules apply for kernel debugging. There should be copious > >> information on that in the handbook and elsewhere. If that proves to be > >> problematic for people I will send out a follow up mail. > >> > >> A couple observations: > >> > >> > >> > >> - The FreeBSD PTB insist that a debugger be in tree but that it > >> pre-date GPL2, consequently kernels are, by default compiled with DWARF2 > >> which is very poor at retain debug information in the presence of any > >> optimization. If this is a problem, either recompile everything with -O0 > >> (add CFLAGS += -O0 in drm2 and > >> i915kms Makefiles, and pass COPTFLAGS=-O0 to buildkernel) or install a > >> newer kgdb from ports. > >> > >> > >> - The purpose of encrypted swap is that the data on disk be > >> unrecoverable. This is somewhat at cross purposes with savecore. So don't > >> do that. > >> > >> > >> > >> Now that this is out I will be switching gears to bringing up amdgpu > >> and radeon support. I have no hardware that uses the radeon driver so I > >> will have to rely on Jean for testing and support there. > >> > >> > >> Those of you wishing to try your hand at testing from source can > >> fetch our repo from github at: > >> > >> > >> https://github.com/iotamudelta/freebsd-base-graphics > >> > >> > >> > >> Make sure to check out the drm-next-4.6 branch. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> If you'd rather just try it on a usb pen driver you can also > >> obtain a prebuilt memstick image with this branch installed along with > >> xorg and some commonly used ports at: > >> > >> http://www.bsddesktop.com/images/disk_YYMMDDHH.img.xz > >> > >> > >> > >> There is no root password and the user/pw is joeuser/joeuser. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> If you're curious about what's on it, the script used to > >> create the image is here: > >> > >> http://www.bsddesktop.com/images/usbcreate.sh > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> If you'd like to help out with collecting data on what > >> laptops are supported please run Warren Block's notebookstats script: > >> > >> http://www.bsddesktop.com/images/notebookstats > >> > >> > >> > >> It's also installed under /usr/local/bin on the image. > >> > >> > >> > >> If I've missed anything please let me know and I will follow up. > >> > >> > >> > >> -M > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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