Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2016 17:04:34 +0000 (UTC) From: Dru Lavigne <dru@FreeBSD.org> 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 Message-ID: <201607091704.u69H4ZW0013714@repo.freebsd.org>
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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 @@ </project> <project cat='proj'> - <title>Graphics Update</title> + <title>The Graphics Stack on &os;</title> <contact> <person> + <name>&os; Graphics team</name> + <email>freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + + <person> <name> <given>Matthew</given> <common>Macy</common> @@ -1047,9 +1052,27 @@ <links> <url href="https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics">GitHub Repository</url> + <url href="http://wiki.FreeBSD.org/Graphics">Graphics Stack Roadmap and Supported Hardware Matrix</url> + <url href="https://github.com/FreeBSD/freebsd-ports-graphics">Ports Development Repository</url> + <url href="https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics/tree/drm-next-4.6">DRM 4.6 Development Repository</url> + <url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas#Devices_management:_link_.2Fdev_entries_to_sysctl_nodes">GSoC 2016: link /dev entries to sysctl nodes</url> + <url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2016/RethinkLibdevq">GSoC 2016: Redesign libdevq </url> + <url href="http://planet.freebsd.org/graphics">Graphics Team Blog</url> </links> <body> + <p>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.</p> + + <p>The GSoC project about being able to connect a <tt>/dev</tt> + entry to <tt>sysctl</tt> nodes is making progress. After some + fruitful discussons on the <a + href="https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch">freebsd-arch@ mailing-list</a>, + Kiloreux finished the design and is now implementing the + solution. The GSoC project on <tt>libdevq</tt> was + abandoned.</p> + <p>All Intel GPUs up to and including the unreleased Kaby Lake are supported. The <tt>xf86-video-intel</tt> driver will be updated soon. Updating this driver requires updating @@ -1070,9 +1093,9 @@ processors prior to Sandy Bridge (pre-2010).</li> </ul> - <p>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;.</p> + <p>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;.</p> <p>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 <tt>drm/ttm</tt>, so there may in fact be issues in the underlying 3D support.</p> - <p>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 <tt>libdrm</tt>. Koop Mast is - actively working on this and should have it fixed soon.</p> + <p>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 <tt>libdrm</tt>. Koop + Mast is actively working on this and should have it fixed + soon.</p> <p>None of the required patches to <tt>src/sys</tt> were committed in time for &os; 11. Although the plan is to
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