Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 19:03:54 +0000 (UTC) From: Matthew Rezny <rezny@FreeBSD.org> To: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r433902 - head Message-ID: <201702111903.v1BJ3sMj021042@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: rezny Date: Sat Feb 11 19:03:54 2017 New Revision: 433902 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/433902 Log: Add UPDATING entry for Xorg server 1.18.4 Reviewed by: bapt Approved by: swills (mentor) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D9545 Modified: head/UPDATING Modified: head/UPDATING ============================================================================== --- head/UPDATING Sat Feb 11 18:51:41 2017 (r433901) +++ head/UPDATING Sat Feb 11 19:03:54 2017 (r433902) @@ -5,6 +5,27 @@ they are unavoidable. You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. +20170211: + AFFECTS: users of x11-server/xorg-server + AUTHOR: rezny@FreeBSD.org + + Xorg server has been updated to 1.18.4 and autodetection has changed. + The order in which drivers are now attempted is: + 1) vendor/model specific driver according to PCI IDs + 2) generic modesetting driver which requires a drm driver with KMS + 3) scfb, the generic framebuffer driver + 4) vesa (only if arch is x86) + + This should minimize the need for xorg.conf files. It is recommended to + load the correct KMS driver (i915kms.ko or radeonkms.ko) via rc.conf, + i.e. kld_list="i915kms.ko", to ensure correct functionality. Although + the vendor drivers may attempt to load the correct drm driver, which + does not always work, the modesetting driver assumes the required KMS + driver is already loaded and will fail if there is none. The modesetting + driver is now recommended as an alternative to the Intel driver; the + performance is comparable and stability is better with modesetting. The + ATI driver continues to offer better performance than modesetting. + 20170203: AFFECTS: users of security/libressl-devel AUTHOR: brnrd@FreeBSD.org
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