Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:11:43 +0000 (UTC) From: Gabor Pali <pgj@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r43508 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201401141611.s0EGBh0a037714@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: pgj Date: Tue Jan 14 16:11:42 2014 New Revision: 43508 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43508 Log: - Add 2013Q4 report on X.Org Submitted by: dumbbell Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Tue Jan 14 15:54:34 2014 (r43507) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Tue Jan 14 16:11:42 2014 (r43508) @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ <!-- XXX: Keep updating the number of entries --> <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report - contains 21 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> + contains 22 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> <p>The deadline for submissions covering between January and March 2014 is April 7th, 2014.</p> @@ -1167,4 +1167,83 @@ <task>Integrate testing with Jenkins.</task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='ports'> + <title>X.Org on &os;</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name>&os; X11 Team</name> + <email>x11@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics">X11 roadmap and supported hardware matrix</url> + <url href="http://trillian.chruetertee.ch/ports/browser/trunk">Ports-related development repository</url> + <url href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2014-January/014003.html">CFT for Cairo 1.12 and 8.x survey</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>The newer graphics stack (<tt>WITH_NEW_XORG</tt>) is now built + by default on <tt>head</tt> and is provided as binary packages + from the official &os; <tt>pkg(8)</tt> repository for + <tt>11-CURRENT</tt>. The major updates are:</p> + + <ul> + <li>X.Org server 1.12.</li> + <li>Mesa 9.1.</li> + <li>Recent Intel and Radeon X.Org drivers, using exclusively + the KMS kernel drivers available in &os; 9.x (Intel) and &os; 10.x + (Radeon).</li> + </ul> + + <p>This change makes X.Org on &os; <tt>head</tt> work + out-of-the-box on workstations and laptops based on recent Intel + and Radeon GPUs. &os; 10.x will follow in a few weeks or + months.</p> + + <p>Some software has started to require Cairo 1.12, for + example GTK+ 3.10 and Pango. Unfortunately, this version + of Cairo triggers a bug in the old Intel driver (2.7.1, + installed when <tt>WITH_NEW_XORG</tt> is not set), which causes + display artifacts. A "Call For Testers" mail was posted on the + <tt>freebsd-x11</tt> mailing-list (see the links above) to + gather information about the behavior on other configurations + (new Intel driver and non-Intel drivers). As of this writing, + received reports talk about improvements or, at least, no change + noticed.</p> + + <p>To better manage changes such as the <tt>WITH_NEW_XORG</tt> and + Cairo 1.12 mentioned above, we asked on freebsd-x11@ + mailing-list if people are using &os; 8.x on their desktop + computers and why they do not upgrade to &os; 9.x or 10.x. + So far, we received very few answers to this.</p> + + <p>The Radeon KMS driver in &os; 10.x is now considered + stable, especially that integrated GPUs are now properly + initialized. One of the next steps will be to merge this to + <tt>stable/9</tt>.</p> + + <p>A "Graphics" wiki article (see links) was created to centralize + and coordinate the work being done on both the ports and the + kernel. It contains the following important information:</p> + + <ul> + <li>A roadmap of the team.</li> + <li>A matrix of supported hardware.</li> + <li>Projects status and results.</li> + </ul> + + <p>This starting page then points to project- and topic-specific + articles where more detailed information is available.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task>Report why &os; 8.x is still used on your desktop and + why moving to &os; 9.x or 10.x is not an option.</task> + <task>Report about the Cairo 1.12 update on your system.</task> + <task>See the "Graphics" wiki page for up-to-date information.</task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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