Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 19:54:25 -0500 From: Henry Hu <henry.hu.sh@gmail.com> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org" <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Optimus support page Message-ID: <CAEJt7hZdQ6EnhH0cY0g48H_j53vUmWiQz=ZLUsKnJBBxdCxpjg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAEJt7hbqzpDHa8SvVXZT4%2BLVTLJHy29VKWoG5T6OpwobK7YarQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJ-Vmo=k4aCSV2SfWzOJ1AUqqDtRYGy0GpOXWqBwXSGbQaEDbQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-Vmo=51MVDx_N4L1g-Ahy10bPQAi9Z0mRvnrNOft7DmCQXEw@mail.gmail.com> <CAEJt7hbqzpDHa8SvVXZT4%2BLVTLJHy29VKWoG5T6OpwobK7YarQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Henry Hu <henry.hu.sh@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> On 22 November 2014 at 13:04, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: >> > Hi! >> > >> > I've gathered some info from the #freebsd-xorg channel populace about >> > the Optimus support. >> > >> > Here: >> >> https://wiki.freebsd.org/OptimusVideoSupport >> >> It's a work in progress: >> >> * there's some patches to the port - hopefully it gets set to build >> the optimus support as a default option so the binary packages support >> it; >> * the process for enabling/disabling it is clunky; >> * having kernel awareness of this arrangement so it can be >> disabled/enabled without having to unload the driver and fumble with >> pci space config registers would be nice. >> >> I don't have any Optimus hardware at the moment (but donations are >> appreciated! :-) so I'd appreciate feedback from Optimus users. >> > > Instead of using "ConnectedMonitor" to fake a connected monitor, would it > be better to use "UseDisplayDevice" "none"? That clearly represents that > no monitor is connected. > I also need to specify extra ModulePath which points to a directory that contains nvidia's libglx. I don't want nvidia's libglx to override the default ones, or I won't have acceleration on main display. > > I just tried it and it looks like it works. The output of vglrun: > 1984 frames in 5.0 seconds = 396.682 FPS > 2285 frames in 5.0 seconds = 456.836 FPS > 2300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 459.870 FPS > Oh, there was some misconfiguration and maybe it was using software renderer... Now it says 7823 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1564.500 FPS 8452 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1690.365 FPS 8446 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1689.161 FPS 8470 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1693.842 FPS 8451 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1690.162 FPS and glxinfo says name of display: :0.0 display: :0 screen: 0 direct rendering: Yes server glx vendor string: VirtualGL server glx version string: 1.4 ...... client glx vendor string: VirtualGL client glx version string: 1.4 ..... OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GT 650M/PCIe/SSE2 OpenGL core profile version string: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 340.46 OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.30 NVIDIA via Cg compiler ...... OpenGL version string: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 340.46 OpenGL shading language version string: 4.40 NVIDIA via Cg compiler ...... > While a normal glxgears run is synchronized to vertical refresh. > But the Xorg and glxgears are using a whole lot of cpu time. Even after > glxgears exits, X still uses 100% of one core. > > Actually, my laptop has a hdmi output which seems to be connected to the > NVidia card. I hope that I can use it in the same X server with other > screens (internal / vga output), and have some 3d acceleration. > > >> Thanks! >> >> >> -adrian >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > > > -- > Cheers, > Henry > -- Cheers, Henry
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