From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 23 00:55:06 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED9E353A; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:55:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-x232.google.com (mail-qc0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c01::232]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A3DA2B93; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:55:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f178.google.com with SMTP id b13so6169567qcw.9 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 16:55:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=CNv1tdQVejPATvJXdi3+r5k7d49WrpKkKsNVIliqRgM=; b=QlOd46bWqsu33/o/RY9ADjYbxaZrY+8zkzZRo3XVd4+3hX53tZwqQrYP2Bp50y+o0r mSUPsSmw2wPTXFVW1GYCBPJUGSMvBBJMQyc/cUstP/lJL2sPLE54SVKLkfRwqDlBVvzN tLqVag9h6HRUm9nmPeSHN0wjpZIP5zEacqewsw59wbvSTYPv4jsISiT6J/zxpIv2S88k CCqY11K6Y5XrqC17WjNU2DLV2O0sg/8ZoArqxdZFo+aY2HHRK0BLNb9mHOyShbvf0H6j zCKFh0T34iDicqyIubzJcs9vJLXdYj2DOx53GNcALpAXu3EI8OEufl5EynVfDpJPCpBt J/AA== X-Received: by 10.224.131.135 with SMTP id x7mr18328669qas.38.1416704105693; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 16:55:05 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.140.22.170 with HTTP; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 16:54:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Henry Hu Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 19:54:25 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Optimus support page To: Adrian Chadd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: "freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:55:07 -0000 On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Henry Hu wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > >> On 22 November 2014 at 13:04, Adrian Chadd 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