X.Org on &os;

From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 8 16:57:37 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D3CF67B; Tue, 8 Oct 2013 16:57:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pgj@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EE2442118; Tue, 8 Oct 2013 16:57:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r98GvaiL034930; Tue, 8 Oct 2013 16:57:36 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from pgj@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.5/Submit) id r98GvaK2034928; Tue, 8 Oct 2013 16:57:36 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201310081657.r98GvaK2034928@svn.freebsd.org> From: Gabor Pali Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 16:57:36 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r42898 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 16:57:37 -0000 Author: pgj Date: Tue Oct 8 16:57:36 2013 New Revision: 42898 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42898 Log: - Add Q3 report on the status of X.Org Submitted by: dumbbell Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Tue Oct 8 16:34:30 2013 (r42897) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Tue Oct 8 16:57:36 2013 (r42898) @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@

Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report - contains 28 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.

+ contains 29 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.

The deadline for submissions covering between October and @@ -1439,4 +1439,103 @@ repository access file in July, performed by Gavin Atkinson.

+ + + X.Org on &os; + + + + &os;X11 Team + x11@FreeBSD.org + + + + + X11 Team roadmap (WIP) + Ports-related status + Ports-related development repository + AMD GPU status + DRM generic code update branch on GitHub + + + +

Mesa 9.1 (libGL and dri) was updated in ports. This includes + experimental ports for libEGL and libgles2: they are + dependencies of the experimental ports for Wayland and + Weston.

+ +

The radeonkms driver was committed to &os; + head in the end of August and will be part of + 10.0-RELEASE. It received several fixes since the initial + commit and now it seems quite stable. However, one missing + major feature is support for suspend/resume: the GPU almost + always locks up during resume on the test computer.

+ +

Thanks to the update of Mesa and the update of + x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati to 7.2.0 + in the ports tree, every pieces are in place to allow users to use recent + AMD video cards (up to HD7000, maybe some HD8000).

+ +

The driver will now only receive bug fixes and focus will move + on the update of the DRM generic code and the i915 + driver.

+ +

The generic DRM code, shared by the i915kms and + radeonkms video drivers is quite old now. Work has + started to update and sync it with that of Linux 3.8. This + code is available on GitHub.

+ +

The expected benefits are:

+ +

Fixes in the framebuffer code, which would help the future + deployment of Newcons.
Preliminary support for minor devices (that is, control vs. + render nodes).
Support for setmaster and dropmaster, + which allows to run multiple X sessions.

+ +

François Tigeot from DragonFly is also working on updates to + their DRM code, and the X11 team is planning to share the + effort.

+ +

An experimental devd(8) backend was added to the + x11-servers/xorg-server port. This allows X.Org to use + devd(8) to detect and configure input devices (for + example, keyboards and mices) dynamically.

+ +

Our current wiki articles are used to describe projects and + report status. However, they lack some consistency and links + between them. We started to think about reorganizing them + to:

+ +

Improve the coordination between the ports and the kernel + efforts.
Make the information more accessible.

+ +

Nothing is visible yet on the wiki.

+ + + + Keep tracking Mesa 9.2 or later and xorg-server + 1.14. Both are currently blocked, but it is good to keep track of + what upstream is doing. + + Test and report successes and failures for AMD GPUs. + + Wayland builds now. Work is being done on Weston to see if + there are any run-time issues. Weston is the reference + compositor for Wayland. + + Improve the devd(8) backend for + x11-servers/xorg-server, so the HAL option can be + removed completely. + +