From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Thu May 12 15:05:25 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59B50B37CD8 for ; Thu, 12 May 2016 15:05:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eric@metricspace.net) Received: from mail.metricspace.net (mail.metricspace.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f11:617::107]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 370DE1670 for ; Thu, 12 May 2016 15:05:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eric@metricspace.net) Received: from [IPv6:2001:470:1f11:617:8fe:6a13:797b:e9c9] (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:1f11:617:8fe:6a13:797b:e9c9]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: eric) by mail.metricspace.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7CF1113C1; Thu, 12 May 2016 15:05:24 +0000 (UTC) References: <1540c0ceea9.126b592b988423.8774357707501817476@nextbsd.org> <15449ec286e.11def424858288.297669375175006270@nextbsd.org> <1549f266cc5.ea588cba219264.3594536435079440635@nextbsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) In-Reply-To: <1549f266cc5.ea588cba219264.3594536435079440635@nextbsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <35A3A1EC-5E8E-4132-8F87-1BD23825ABAE@metricspace.net> Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" X-Mailer: iPad Mail (13D15) From: Eric McCorkle Subject: Re: Update 2 the state of drm-next-4.6 and next steps Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 11:05:23 -0400 To: Matthew Macy X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 15:05:25 -0000 Excellent. I have a broadwell card, and an willing to help test this. > On May 11, 2016, at 05:29, Matthew Macy wrote: >=20 >=20 >=20 > At least to some degree hw accelerated 3d works on the 4.6 i915 driver (wh= ich in principle supports up through Kaby lake - I don't yet have anything n= ewer than Haswell). >=20 > https://plus.google.com/114029301710423058970/posts/485LyZegC9B >=20 > I anticipate maintaining all the pieces: linuxkpi, drm, i915, amdgpu, amdk= fd as ports for the foreseeable future to make maintenance and continued dev= elopment simpler. >=20 > I hope to post a call for testers this weekend or early next week. >=20 > Cheers. >=20 > -M >=20 >=20 > ---- On Sun, 24 Apr 2016 13:18:14 -0700 Matthew Macy w= rote ----=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> ---- On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:57:34 -0700 Matthew Macy w= rote ----=20 >>> There seems to be some confusion about the state of drm-next-3.9. All th= e work is currently going on in jmd's fork of freebsd-base-graphics: >>>=20 >>> https://github.com/iotamudelta/freebsd-base-graphics >>>=20 >>> The emphasis has been on bringing i915 and the drm code in dev/drm2 clo= ser to upstream as opposed to a simple driver refresh. I'm currently impleme= nting missing linuxkpi bits and hope to actually be testing in the next week= or so.=20 >>>=20 >>> As of this moment there is nothing available for general consumption. I v= ery much hope to have this phase done before code freeze. I will update the l= ist as soon as there is anything to test. Until then, hold your horses. >>=20 >> X now runs i915kms accelerated on the 3.9 driver update. Currently *only*= SNA works. >> Known issues: >> - UXA will fail with: "(EE) failed to create screen resources(EE)".=20 >> If someone has pointer on how to diagnose other than the usual traw= ling=20 >> through Xorg sources let me know.=20 >> - The module currently leaks memory on unload. >>=20 >>=20 >> My general feeling is that unless you have one of the half-dozen Haswell P= CIIDS that aren't support by 3.8 it probably isn't worth testing yet. I'm on= ly sending this out to let users track its progress. >>=20 >>=20 >> Cheers. >> -M >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"