From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Tue Oct 10 20:48:31 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@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 0C0C5E3C809 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2017 20:48:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dbkirk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pf0-x22e.google.com (mail-pf0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c00::22e]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA2986C144 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2017 20:48:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dbkirk@gmail.com) Received: by mail-pf0-x22e.google.com with SMTP id n73so11803370pfg.10 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2017 13:48:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=EcD5XdretFVwMy7aoY28UMmYaXcS0CSPDPZgDfnDBoE=; b=pWtRxLK1suGYABZ+tCUYSeDqWEnSfqyeiyhzRQfn5GsvI+NP5X/tlIZM7alASArJED Xa6jQ209cm+KxJmqXlU0gvwfVo+kuHb+/LPAaMV/Cmt1+S1KMPYudSH9K4UQ9KDEnE4i eK+cjdIi3cvcTDBKUplG/duDvYbuhhRCRwDKkFpJG9rRKP/Em52t0/c+HQDRQmOaeNED y1S+WXZWPM/v7FJt79JOm/RK7jwk0EY5/y1Vx8gDY5sD+dmpvNODfuUWgIzXsFYWplo6 jR4ChuYxFKsfXnr4tmAU68xOXmoWW8aQ9RbzWCqysLFTSTaBN2RTmNKHzq/uIYYnfSwS hPmA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=EcD5XdretFVwMy7aoY28UMmYaXcS0CSPDPZgDfnDBoE=; b=d3RndueRgzdFXkmTgYZn3bLAIk2vaTNY5GOAQ/Lenv/kclzJK5nowbPcFy9qF5Rhfs vKuiZ9/+4mlpeLZSAWov1pmEEIWQDBZY1b1w7nfzkwFJErwztaB+SMUFdrNvaCWX5tq/ RtIssyU9JdhdKn9vkxE35jBvoH8qlXzTWpIhZtEXwId5aMuaj8rEOqPYq2bNDWp5gS1k tN89bI0RdKHgDBQcfKVz+WzhqtKma6hBTMQvI2LxpUfFgoWysMD6IhihWOmZEOGNTz0+ Nl9oiyHjy6fDOj+dLQpZGW7zvDj5bp1GqoT0NfvOs3KBr1ntWEdFaFBUrZ6RxT2K2rZ5 MbvA== X-Gm-Message-State: AMCzsaXGKM9zv0KMGdBepT9EI/FjL3UvOOyBkMBhgizkgcAy9owexk1V HwbJs0k83ZASq9wEohGhJXmu9GKJtZmqQXxYB/M= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AOwi7QD5vTTFqMQS6KOfNoNhiX2MKANbqVN/GOgsUwtS1ZoY94Dp9hg+VZv+UCvZEhP9yA3G8W8ySSdpR7uX/BuCSQc= X-Received: by 10.84.131.66 with SMTP id 60mr13310666pld.341.1507668510055; Tue, 10 Oct 2017 13:48:30 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Doug Kirk Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 20:48:19 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: intro To: tbr@acm.org, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 20:48:31 -0000 Hi Tom, Look for the "Current state of drm-next" post in this list from 3-Oct-2017. It refers to the working graphics fork at https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics, drm-next branch. It's got much newer stuff. On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 3:29 PM Tom Rushworth wrote: > Hi All, > > A few quick words to say where I'm coming from: > > I'm a long time C programmer, mostly userland, but I have done some > kernel work. I was doing Linux USB drivers in the early 2000's, and I > tinkered with the NetBSD serial driver way back when serial ports were > actually useful. I wrote my first serious C program in the late 1970s. > > I'm a FreeBSD desktop user, driven out of MacOS by the marketroids, and > driven out of Linux by systemd :). > > I recently purchased a new desktop machine that turns out to have an > Intel Iris Pro P6300 (Broadwell GT3e) graphics system. It came with > Linux Mint 18.1 Cinnamon, which manages the screen very nicely, so the > Linux driver is good enough. I ran into issues with ssh within hours of > starting up, and I'm just not interested in digging through yet another > (foolish) system administration issue involving systemd to sort it out. > > I tried FreeBSD 11.1, but the i915 driver there isn't quite up to the > job. I've looked at the various FreeBSD i915 websites and discussions, > but can't easily sort out where the current focus is. > > What I'd like from the list is advice on where to start :). I'm willing > to test pre-built stuff, or build it myself, or even work on the code, > but everything I looked at seemed to have ground to a halt about a year > ago. > > So, where to begin? > > Regards, > > -- > Tom Rushworth > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >