Graphics Update

From owner-svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Sat Jul 9 17:04:35 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@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 EAEACB83378; Sat, 9 Jul 2016 17:04:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dru@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C66F81A50; Sat, 9 Jul 2016 17:04:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dru@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id u69H4ZWM013715; Sat, 9 Jul 2016 17:04:35 GMT (envelope-from dru@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from dru@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id u69H4ZW0013714; Sat, 9 Jul 2016 17:04:35 GMT (envelope-from dru@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201607091704.u69H4ZW0013714@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: dru set sender to dru@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Dru Lavigne Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2016 17:04:34 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r49083 - 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-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2016 17:04:36 -0000 Author: dru Date: Sat Jul 9 17:04:34 2016 New Revision: 49083 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49083 Log: Incorporate patch to Graphics update. Submitted by: kwm Sponsored by: iXsystems Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-04-2016-06.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-04-2016-06.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-04-2016-06.xml Sat Jul 9 14:00:31 2016 (r49082) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-04-2016-06.xml Sat Jul 9 17:04:34 2016 (r49083) @@ -1033,10 +1033,15 @@ - Graphics Update + The Graphics Stack on &os; + &os; Graphics team + freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org + + + Matthew Macy @@ -1047,9 +1052,27 @@ GitHub Repository + Graphics Stack Roadmap and Supported Hardware Matrix + Ports Development Repository + DRM 4.6 Development Repository + GSoC 2016: link /dev entries to sysctl nodes + GSoC 2016: Redesign libdevq + Graphics Team Blog +

In the Ports tree, Mesa was updated to 11.2.2. The next + major release, 12.0.0 release candidate 4, is ready for + testing in our development tree.

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The GSoC project about being able to connect a /dev + entry to sysctl nodes is making progress. After some + fruitful discussons on the freebsd-arch@ mailing-list, + Kiloreux finished the design and is now implementing the + solution. The GSoC project on libdevq was + abandoned.

All Intel GPUs up to and including the unreleased Kaby Lake are supported. The xf86-video-intel driver will be updated soon. Updating this driver requires updating @@ -1070,9 +1093,9 @@ processors prior to Sandy Bridge (pre-2010). -

I am hoping to be able to diagnose the first two issues, - along with others, by updating Linux support to the point - where the Intel GPU Tools work on &os;.

Matt Macy is hoping to be able to diagnose the first two + issues, along with others, by updating Linux support to the + point where the Intel GPU Tools work on &os;.

The Radeon AMD/ATI has been updated to GCN 1.0. This has only been tested on an R7 240. 2D-accelerated X works. Due @@ -1082,11 +1105,12 @@ fails in drm/ttm, so there may in fact be issues in the underlying 3D support.

The AMD/ATI driver has been updated to GCN 1.1 and higher. - The KMS driver loads and attaches on discrete GPUs, though - problems still exist on the Carizzo APU. X will not start due - to unimplemented functions in libdrm. Koop Mast is - actively working on this and should have it fixed soon.

The Amdgpu AMD/ATI driver has been updated to GCN 1.1 and + higher. The KMS driver loads and attaches on discrete GPUs, + though problems still exist on the Carizzo APU. X will not + start due to unimplemented functions in libdrm. Koop + Mast is actively working on this and should have it fixed + soon.

None of the required patches to src/sys were committed in time for &os; 11. Although the plan is to