From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 23 14:04:18 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C786106564A; Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:04:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from mail.zoral.com.ua (mx0.zoral.com.ua [91.193.166.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 951048FC0A; Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:04:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (root@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua [10.1.1.148]) by mail.zoral.com.ua (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p6NE4Du3099815 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:04:14 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (kostik@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p6NE4DFG088017; Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:04:13 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: (from kostik@localhost) by deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p6NE4Ddj088016; Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:04:13 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) X-Authentication-Warning: deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua: kostik set sender to kostikbel@gmail.com using -f Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:04:13 +0300 From: Kostik Belousov To: Koop Mast Message-ID: <20110723140413.GG17489@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> References: <20110723131613.GF17489@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <1311429114.1960.39.camel@crashalot.rainbow-runner.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="kGqy73/z6kAbhglh" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1311429114.1960.39.camel@crashalot.rainbow-runner.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.2 at skuns.kiev.zoral.com.ua X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, DNS_FROM_OPENWHOIS autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on skuns.kiev.zoral.com.ua Cc: ports@freebsd.org, x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel Intel GPU driver and ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:04:18 -0000 --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--