Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 03:18:07 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r47588 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201510160318.t9G3I77q052096@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Fri Oct 16 03:18:07 2015 New Revision: 47588 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47588 Log: Some edits to the Graphics Stack report. Since there are kernel components in base, it can't be in the 'ports' category. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Fri Oct 16 02:49:33 2015 (r47587) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Fri Oct 16 03:18:07 2015 (r47588) @@ -822,63 +822,64 @@ </help> </project> - <project cat="ports"> - <title>The Graphics stack on FreeBSD</title> + <project cat='proj'> + <title>The Graphics Stack on &os;</title> <contact> <person> <name> - <common>FreeBSD Graphics team</common> + <common>&os; Graphics team</common> </name> <email>freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org</email> </person> </contact> <links> - <url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics">Graphics stack roadmap and supported hardware matrix</url> + <url href="https://wiki.FreeBSD.org/Graphics">Graphics stack roadmap and supported hardware matrix</url> <url href="http://blogs.freebsdish.org/graphics/">Graphics stack team blog</url> <url href="https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports-graphics">Ports development tree on GitHub</url> </links> <body> - <p>The Mesa ports were updated to 10.6.8. At the same time the + <p>The Mesa ports were updated to 10.6.8. At the same time, the ports received a major overhaul to make sure all ports are correctly configured. - Also the dual version support was removed, there is only one - mesa version for all supported FreeBSD versions. + Also the dual version support was removed; there is only one + mesa version for all supported &os; versions. The libosmesa port was merged into the Mesa framework.</p> - <p>Another big item that was included in the Mesa port was - OpenCL. There are two GPU based OpenCL implimentations - namely: - lang/clover for supported Radeon cards and + <p>Another big item that was included in the Mesa port is + OpenCL. There are two GPU-based OpenCL implementations: + lang/clover for supported Radeon cards, and lang/beignet for supported Intel cards (currently only Ivybridge). - Thanks go to Johannes Dieterich, O. Hartman, and Koop Mast + Thanks go to Johannes Dieterich, O. Hartmann, and Koop Mast for making this happen.</p> - <p>Now that Mesa is up-to-date, we can do the same with the - X.Org server. - Currently at 1.14, an update to 1.17 is ready. + <p>Now that Mesa is up-to-date, we can apply the same update + procedure to the X.Org server. It is currently at 1.14, + and an update to 1.17 is ready. It should be committed shortly.</p> - <p>On the kernel side progress has been made with the + <p>On the kernel side, progress has been made with the i915 update. The driver is able to attach. There are some reports that the X.Org server starts, but Mesa - is unhappy so acceleration doesn't work yet. + is unhappy so acceleration does not work yet. If you want to test, instructions will be posted on the wiki, in the i915 update article (see links). - At this stage, we can only accept patches though, we won't be + At this stage, we can only accept patches, though — we won't be able to provide support.</p> <p>We attended two conferences: XDC 2015 in Toronto and EuroBSDcon 2015 in Stockholm. - Reports will be posted on the blog.</p> + Reports will be posted on the blog. + </p> </body> <help> - <task>See the "Graphics" wiki page for up-to-date - information.</task> + <task> + <p>See the "Graphics" wiki page for up-to-date information.</p> + </task> </help> </project>
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