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Date:      Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:13:51 +0300
From:      Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
To:        Koop Mast <kwm@freebsd.org>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Kernel Intel GPU driver and ports
Message-ID:  <20110723171351.GK17489@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
In-Reply-To: <1311435693.2009.5.camel@crashalot.rainbow-runner.nl>
References:  <20110723131613.GF17489@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <1311429114.1960.39.camel@crashalot.rainbow-runner.nl> <20110723140413.GG17489@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <1311435693.2009.5.camel@crashalot.rainbow-runner.nl>

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On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 05:41:33PM +0200, Koop Mast wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-07-23 at 17:04 +0300, Kostik Belousov wrote:=20
> > On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 03:51:54PM +0200, Koop Mast wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2011-07-23 at 16:16 +0300, Kostik Belousov wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > > after the initial code drop, I have fixed some amount of bugs and g=
ot
> > > > several positive reports from users. If KMS worked on your machine,=
 you
> > > > probably can use the driver with 3D acceleration on regular basis.
> > > >=20
> > > > As I see the state of the effort right now, there are two most
> > > > impeding issues that prevent wider testing of the driver. First is
> > > > the non-working display port code, causing failure in KMS for some
> > > > configurations. This will be eventually fixed.
> > > >=20
> > > > Second is the very laborous procedure to install the required userm=
ode
> > > > components. The http://wiki.freebsd.org/Intel_GPU lists the require=
ments.
> > > >=20
> > > > The port provided ddx and mesa cannot be simply updated, because ke=
rnel
> > > > driver is not yet in src/ head, not mentioning the stable branches.
> > > > Also, new libdrm and mesa may be non-functional on our old non-inte=
l DRI
> > > > drivers. Additional quirk is that in-tree Xorg server is old, and g=
it
> > > > head for intel ddx cannot be built against old Xorg API.
> > >=20
> > > We ( freebsd x11@ team) are already working on a update, instructions
> > > below.=20
> > >=20
> > > Keep in mind that this update isn't complete yet. Not all xorg ports =
are
> > > updated yet. And there is the issue, that the old intel driver doesn't
> > > work with the new xorg-server. If you using this driver and don't want
> > > to update to current for the new intel driver, please don't use this
> > > repo.=20
> > >=20
> > > I'm currently working on a update for the mesa ports (libGL*, dri etc)
> > > to a version that works with the sandybridge.
> > >=20
> > > Also note that currently only the xf86-video-intel-kms driver is
> > > currently tested. (since my ati card seem to have died)
> > >=20
> > > svn co http://trillian.chruetertee.ch/ports/browser/branches/xorg-dev
> > It seems this is an URL for Track installation. What is the repo addres=
s ?
> Oops that should be:
>=20
> svn co https://trillian.chruetertee.ch/svn/ports/branches/xorg-dev
Should multimedia/libva included into the tree ? Or, at least the 965
driver for libva.

>=20
> > >=20
> > > A basic merge script can be found here
> > > http://people.freebsd.org/~miwi/xorg/xorgmerge
> > >=20
> > > just run portmaster -a, keep in mind to rebuild your xf86-* ports aft=
er
> > > the server update.
> > >=20
> > From what I see using web browser, your plan is to update the stack in
> > the ports. I suspect this might cause problems for non-Intel cards or
> > for those who use in-tree i915.ko. In particular, new Mesa might not
> > work.
>=20
> That is a good possibility. I only have a sandybridge intel card to
> test. The only issue currently know are the nouveau driver (which needs
> mesa 7.4.4 and doesn't work with 7.6.x), and the old intel driver.
>=20
> If it turns out other drivers don't work with the new setup, obviously
> we need to make it so that they will work. Although I'm currently got
> half a mind to just drop the nouveau driver.
Thank you for your work.

>=20
> -Koop
>=20
> > > -Koop
> > >=20
> > > > For wide testing, the easy way to install fresh usermode graphics s=
tack
> > > > is neededi, while still allowing the most installations to use pres=
ent
> > > > outdated versions.
> > > >=20
> > > > Could ports/x11 people help me there ? Thanks.
> > >=20
>=20
>=20

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