From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Sun Feb 18 22:32:44 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBE3AF0B731 for ; Sun, 18 Feb 2018 22:32:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ian@freebsd.org) Received: from pmta2.delivery6.ore.mailhop.org (pmta2.delivery6.ore.mailhop.org [54.200.129.228]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 489266FF6B for ; Sun, 18 Feb 2018 22:32:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ian@freebsd.org) X-MHO-User: 8cee69a6-14fb-11e8-b951-f99fef315fd9 X-Report-Abuse-To: https://support.duocircle.com/support/solutions/articles/5000540958-duocircle-standard-smtp-abuse-information X-Originating-IP: 67.177.211.60 X-Mail-Handler: DuoCircle Outbound SMTP Received: from ilsoft.org (unknown [67.177.211.60]) by outbound2.ore.mailhop.org (Halon) with ESMTPSA id 8cee69a6-14fb-11e8-b951-f99fef315fd9; Sun, 18 Feb 2018 22:32:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rev (rev [172.22.42.240]) by ilsoft.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w1IMWZuM053080; Sun, 18 Feb 2018 15:32:35 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from ian@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <1518993155.91697.19.camel@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [CFT] [X11] graphics/drm-next-kmod now builds, loads and works on FreeBSD-11-stable From: Ian Lepore To: Kevin Oberman , Hans Petter Selasky Cc: FreeBSD Stable Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 15:32:35 -0700 In-Reply-To: References: <3ad595ce-e15b-d475-e057-4dde88e2630c@selasky.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.18.5.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 22:32:44 -0000 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