From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Sun Sep 15 23:20:13 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D293FEB19C for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2019 23:20:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from CSO@riseup.net) Received: from mx1.riseup.net (mx1.riseup.net [198.252.153.129]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.riseup.net", Issuer "COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46Wlhr2QHKz3MCL for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2019 23:20:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from CSO@riseup.net) Received: from bell.riseup.net (bell-pn.riseup.net [10.0.1.178]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.riseup.net", Issuer "COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B9401A0AC6; Sun, 15 Sep 2019 16:20:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=riseup.net; s=squak; t=1568589610; bh=Ba55l7Hg/cgexLIUHNHY63rMZZ8MMj3nxoQ+1bCg11k=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=JGV+V3nlteBg++pGPsWH2iMrVNhezHNM2luKLH9xeexN2WiD+umwW2Q7WKCMLT2vV iRiI63xeKTKchkU1g3Ln/cnVTA0xkPupfqV9kF6hMUDeQg1krtl+BSb8SJxGX+Fkkn XaPHK9/oESftWUKhxXw2DiZGvnCjZTzvEMq1vaa0= X-Riseup-User-ID: D72CAD3F07F2C0C4AB5DE8B1E1BBA5CEC32945EB24567F16D768770820BB4B19 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bell.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 74D6F22255D; Sun, 15 Sep 2019 16:20:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 23:14:35 +0000 From: CSO@riseup.net To: "Clay Daniels Jr." Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: AMD & 13.0 Current Message-ID: <20190915231435.GA27796@whitehouse.gov> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 1 Importance: high X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 46Wlhr2QHKz3MCL X-Spamd-Bar: ------- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=riseup.net header.s=squak header.b=JGV+V3nl; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=riseup.net; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of CSO@riseup.net designates 198.252.153.129 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=CSO@riseup.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-7.51 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; TO_DN_EQ_ADDR_SOME(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[riseup.net:s=squak]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(-3.41)[ip: (-8.94), ipnet: 198.252.153.0/24(-4.47), asn: 16652(-3.58), country: US(-0.05)]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; DWL_DNSWL_LOW(-1.00)[riseup.net.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.1]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[riseup.net:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; FROM_NO_DN(0.00)[]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[riseup.net,none]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[129.153.252.198.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.1]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:16652, ipnet:198.252.153.0/24, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; HAS_X_PRIO_ONE(0.00)[1] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 23:20:13 -0000 On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 05:29:36PM -0500, Clay Daniels Jr. wrote: > I have built me a new computer, put it together, and being impatient did > not even partition the 2TB WD HD, but just installed last weeks Current. > Worked great! > Now that I have these two to compare I will share the details and results, > particularly if you are using AMD CPR/Radeon Graphics. > > The older: > Per Windows: > HP Pavilion23 All-in-one PC > Manufactured & bought 2014 > AMD E2-3800 APU with Radeon Graphics > 1.30GHz CPU - 4.00 GB RAM > Per either Linux or FreeBSD13: > Graphics: > Device-1: AMD Kabini [Radeon HD 8280 / R3 Series]vendor:Hewlett-Packard > driver: radeon v: kernel bus ID: 00:01.0 > Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: ati,radeon > unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz > OpenGL: renderer: AMD KABINI (DRM 2.50.0 4.19.0-5-amd64 LLVM 7.0.0) > v: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.6 direct render: Yes > > The newer: > R7_BSD-13 > clay@r7bsd:~ $ uname -a > FreeBSD r7bsd 13.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT r352265 GENERIC amd64 > clay@r7bsd:~ $ gpart show -p > => 34 3907029101 ada0 GPT (1.8T) > 34 2014 - free - (1.0M) > 2048 1083392 ada0p1 ms-recovery (529M) > 1085440 204800 ada0p2 efi (100M) > 1290240 32768 ada0p3 ms-reserved (16M) > 1323008 1072420864 ada0p4 ms-basic-data (511G) > 1073743872 532480 ada0p5 efi (260M) > 1074276352 2824331256 ada0p6 freebsd-ufs (1.3T) > 3898607608 8388608 ada0p7 freebsd-swap (4.0G) > 3906996216 32919 - free - (16M) > Hardware: > AMD Ryzen7 3700X CPU > MSI MSI X570-A PRO Motherboard > MSI Radeon RX 570 Video Card > G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB SDRAM DDR4 3200 Memory > > The good thing is they both use the same drm-kmod "amdgpu". > So I can see that a 2014 or later computer will probably use the same, and > not the legacy "radeonkms" in /etc/rc.conf. > > The other thing to note, is that for 13.0 Current they both need a line in > /boot/loader.conf: > hw.syscons..disable=1 Why is this line needed and for what purposes? Does the new hardware in this new build also work well in FreeBSD 12 stable branch? The FreeBSD current is for testing purposes so we are very interested in how it the above mentioned new hardware work on stable or production version. Mark > > That's basically my report. I am enjoying my new machine. > Clay > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"