From owner-freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Tue Feb 28 02:23:11 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4233DCEFB5C; Tue, 28 Feb 2017 02:23:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) Received: from udns.ultimatedns.net (static-24-113-41-81.wavecable.com [24.113.41.81]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1EBC7B0A; Tue, 28 Feb 2017 02:23:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) Received: from ultimatedns.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by udns.ultimatedns.net (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id v1S2OUIR089649; Mon, 27 Feb 2017 18:24:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) To: "FreeBSD CURRENT" Cc: From: "Chris H" Subject: Are there any AMD graphics blobs available? Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 18:24:36 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=fixed MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 02:23:11 -0000 I desperately needed a couple of additional "build boxes", as I'm currently MAINTAINER for ~110 ports, and am RP for more servers than I care to recall. So around mid December of 2016 I dropped ~$550 on some AMD based boards. I've always used boards with nVidia onboard graphics in the past, as the Intel/AMD/ATI/... graphics support was still "ramping up". Anyway, the FreeBSD Graphics wiki (https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics) indicated everything was in HEAD, and or CURRENT. So I felt safe going the AMD/ATI route this time. Long story short; I can't get any usable video. I'm not sure how to better provide useful information. According to the "Video decoder ring": (https://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/#index5h2) I'm supported. videoname -a doesn't produce anything. ;-) The only reason I'm able to use one of the boards to write this, is because I shoved an old nVidia pci card into the pci(32bit) slot. Which makes it unbearable -- honestly, it moves as fast as a 486. The output can't even keep up with my input on the keyboard. :-( FWIW testbox. 12.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT #0 r310098: Thu Dec 15 06:10:10 PST 2016 root@testbox.:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TESTBOXND amd64 CPU: http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Bulldozer/AMD-A6-Series%20A6-7470K.html For brevity; some additional details, and history can be found on the Forums: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/58949/ Please tell me I didn't just waste $550. :-) I can provide any additional details, as required. Thanks! --Chris