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Date:      Sun, 18 Feb 2018 15:32:35 -0700
From:      Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
To:        Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>, Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [CFT] [X11] graphics/drm-next-kmod now builds, loads and works on FreeBSD-11-stable
Message-ID:  <1518993155.91697.19.camel@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1uVm-5Z7BvY=Qa62v3Y7kihrqse5BcgVXF2QnHO3erRvg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 2018-02-18 at 14:27 -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 12:35 PM, Hans Petter Selasky 
> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hi FreeBSD desktop users!
> > 
> > During the past week and over the weekend all parts needed for building,
> > loading and using graphics/drm-next-kmod on FreeBSD-11-stable have been
> > completed!
> > 
> > A big thanks to all the people contributing to graphics support under
> > FreeBSD in both kernel and user-space! You'll find their names in the
> > commit logs including myself :-)
> > 
> > Links:
> > https://www.freshports.org/graphics/drm-next-kmod
> > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/329527
> > 
> > Issues are reported here:
> > https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/kms-drm/issues
> > 
> > --HPS
> > 
> Wow! That is awesome. Thanks to all of the contributors.
> 
> Any instructions? Am I right that the mod setting driver should generally
> be used. None of the links above really covers implementation.

+1.  I have the vague notion that drm-next has something to do with
supporting newer graphics hardware.  Since I just bought a new x86 box
whose builtin radeon R6 isn't supported by -current that sounds
interesting to me, where do I find out more about drm-next and how to
try it?

-- Ian 




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