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> References: <3ad595ce-e15b-d475-e057-4dde88e2630c@selasky.org> <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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