Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 12:31:37 -0800 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> Cc: Manish Jain <jude.obscure@yandex.com>, "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: A question about graphics subsystems under FreeBSD Message-ID: <CAN6yY1tmz3eSMD6YXOm7-=U6yaJhmYAY92crfRhi4mohEwz=7w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <67575fff-d550-9ec6-12ee-dcc41f429bc4@nomadlogic.org> References: <b3316888-2ea4-4574-d132-d9e9b11df2c9@yandex.com> <67575fff-d550-9ec6-12ee-dcc41f429bc4@nomadlogic.org>
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For the Intel chart, Sandy Bridge and, I believe, Ivy Bridge should be "Use drm-kmod". I am running drm-fbsd12.0-kmod without problems and have been doing so for a while... weeks, at least. -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 11:15 AM Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> wrote: > > > On 12/23/18 3:41 PM, Manish Jain wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a port mkdesktop which simplifies the task of FreeBSD desktop > > configuration. I was looking to enhance the port in its capabilities > > and it would help me if I could know the various pkg's and kld's > > needed by the various chipsets. > > > > As per my (incomplete) knowledge, the following are usually needed: > > > > Chipset | <Packages> | <Modules> > > > > AMD GPU | drm-kmod:xf86-video-amdgpu | > > Radeon | drm-kmod:xf86-video-ati | radeonkms.ko** > > NVidia | drm-kmod:nvidia-driver | nvidia.ko:nvidia-modeset.ko > > Intel GPU | drm-kmod:xf86-video-intel | > > > > (** : Radeon appears to need radeon.ko and radeonkms.ko under FreeBSD > > 11.x, and only radeonkms.ko in 12.0) > > > > I doubt if the above table is entirely correct and complete. > > Could someone please fill me in on the missing tidbits so that I can > > enhance my port (mkdesktop). > > > > We've been trying to get the wiki in better shape in regards to AMD GPU > and Intel i915 graphics. Here are two tables which should be pretty up > to date (although I suspect some of the newer CPU's need to be added): > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/AMD-GPU-Matrix > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/Intel-GPU-Matrix > > Also the main wiki has been updated which will hopefully provide some > insight as well: > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/ > > tl;dr version is if you have an AMD GPU or Intel i915 based system, > installing the "drm-kmod" package should work for you as it will select > the appropriate kmod for your platform. Furthermore, there is no need > to install the xf86-video drivers for these platforms as the modesetting > driver which ships with Xorg is now the preferred Xorg driver upstream. > > Cheers, > -pete > > -- > Pete Wright > pete@nomadlogic.org > @nomadlogicLA > > _______________________________________________ > 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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