From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Wed Sep 21 06:58:14 2016 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 049B8BE3E30 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2016 06:58:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mmacy@nextbsd.org) Received: from sender163-mail.zoho.com (sender163-mail.zoho.com [74.201.84.163]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E9422F2 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2016 06:58:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mmacy@nextbsd.org) Received: from mail.zoho.com by mx.zohomail.com with SMTP id 1474441085119552.8898193052225; Tue, 20 Sep 2016 23:58:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 23:58:05 -0700 From: Matthew Macy To: "Jan Mikkelsen" Cc: "Pete Wright" , "" Message-ID: <1574b8980bc.106a6e9ef306540.4216158444646545056@nextbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <3FEE7DD3-C408-4398-9F0B-5529B2E7A61F@transactionware.com> References: <1569231fc12.1189a20c2251388.8699372849515846410@nextbsd.org> <20160920162456.GO8480@rancor.immure.com> <439e20fa-6385-68fb-c97e-24705ebd2f94@nomadlogic.org> <157496f7268.ac5eb5ca278618.8741026532558973404@nextbsd.org> <3FEE7DD3-C408-4398-9F0B-5529B2E7A61F@transactionware.com> Subject: Re: gfx-next update: drm-4.8-rc2 tagged in drm-next MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: Medium User-Agent: Zoho Mail X-Mailer: Zoho Mail 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: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 06:58:14 -0000 ---- On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 21:59:43 -0700 Jan Mikkelsen wrote ----=20 > Hi,=20 > =20 > > On 20 Sep 2016, at 23:10, Matthew Macy wrote:=20 > > ---- On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 12:19:43 -0700 Pete Wright wrote ---- =20 > >> =20 > >> =20 > >> On 9/20/16 12:07 PM, Doug Kirk wrote: =20 > >>> Hi Bob, =20 > >>> =20 > >>> To start, you'll want to build and install the kernel from the "drm-= next" =20 > >>> branch at https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics . = =20 > >>> Instructions in the FreeBSD handbook for building/installing. =20 > > =20 > > No. drm-next tracks upstream, but is not guaranteed to work at any par= ticular point in time. Intel users should be using drm-next-4.7.=20 > > =20 > =20 > That=E2=80=99s useful to know =E2=80=94 We have been using drm-next, run= ning on Celeron J1900 systems with Bay Trail.=20 If it works for you, feel free to use it. The bleeding edge amdgpu users us= e drm-next. However, I find that it invariably locks up on me within an hou= r on my SKL based Carbon X1. I haven't really had the time / energy to dig = in to it. > Is the plan for drm-next-4.7 make its way into 11-CURRENT at some point?= =20 Eventually all the requisite patches to sys will make it in at which point = drm-next- will become available as a port allowing one to install the dr= ivers just as one installs xorg and the ddx today. Keeping it as a port wil= l allow us to decouple freebsd releases from graphics developments making i= t possible to support the latest hardware on near EOL branches. > Thanks for the work =E2=80=94 It is very useful.=20 Thanks. -M