Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:04:13 +0300 From: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> To: Koop Mast <kwm@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel Intel GPU driver and ports Message-ID: <20110723140413.GG17489@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> In-Reply-To: <1311429114.1960.39.camel@crashalot.rainbow-runner.nl> References: <20110723131613.GF17489@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <1311429114.1960.39.camel@crashalot.rainbow-runner.nl>
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--kGqy73/z6kAbhglh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 03:51:54PM +0200, Koop Mast wrote: > On Sat, 2011-07-23 at 16:16 +0300, Kostik Belousov wrote: > > Hello, > > after the initial code drop, I have fixed some amount of bugs and got > > several positive reports from users. If KMS worked on your machine, you > > probably can use the driver with 3D acceleration on regular basis. > >=20 > > As I see the state of the effort right now, there are two most > > impeding issues that prevent wider testing of the driver. First is > > the non-working display port code, causing failure in KMS for some > > configurations. This will be eventually fixed. > >=20 > > Second is the very laborous procedure to install the required usermode > > components. The http://wiki.freebsd.org/Intel_GPU lists the requirement= s. > >=20 > > The port provided ddx and mesa cannot be simply updated, because kernel > > driver is not yet in src/ head, not mentioning the stable branches. > > Also, new libdrm and mesa may be non-functional on our old non-intel DRI > > drivers. Additional quirk is that in-tree Xorg server is old, and git > > head for intel ddx cannot be built against old Xorg API. >=20 > We ( freebsd x11@ team) are already working on a update, instructions > below.=20 >=20 > Keep in mind that this update isn't complete yet. Not all xorg ports are > updated yet. And there is the issue, that the old intel driver doesn't > work with the new xorg-server. If you using this driver and don't want > to update to current for the new intel driver, please don't use this > repo.=20 >=20 > I'm currently working on a update for the mesa ports (libGL*, dri etc) > to a version that works with the sandybridge. >=20 > Also note that currently only the xf86-video-intel-kms driver is > currently tested. (since my ati card seem to have died) >=20 > svn co http://trillian.chruetertee.ch/ports/browser/branches/xorg-dev It seems this is an URL for Track installation. What is the repo address ? >=20 > A basic merge script can be found here > http://people.freebsd.org/~miwi/xorg/xorgmerge >=20 > just run portmaster -a, keep in mind to rebuild your xf86-* ports after > the server update. >=20 =46rom what I see using web browser, your plan is to update the stack in the ports. I suspect this might cause problems for non-Intel cards or for those who use in-tree i915.ko. In particular, new Mesa might not work. > -Koop >=20 > > For wide testing, the easy way to install fresh usermode graphics stack > > is neededi, while still allowing the most installations to use present > > outdated versions. > >=20 > > Could ports/x11 people help me there ? Thanks. >=20 --kGqy73/z6kAbhglh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk4q1N0ACgkQC3+MBN1Mb4iwHgCgwbihFPDHb7yyDlDnVK6gZ/Qj 32MAoLmM0OPAyUvSbBuM5cBcOszRgQWq =D8P8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --kGqy73/z6kAbhglh--
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