Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 09:22:44 -0700 From: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> To: Grzegorz Junka <list1@gjunka.com>, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: current state of Intel support Message-ID: <4f23dd66-cdd2-271e-d51f-8430b20732ed@nomadlogic.org> In-Reply-To: <69a258f8-6f41-4a2d-56dc-c7119ac81b17@gjunka.com> References: <52dd5fb08cbaa1fb61f9d2f85c1a3e84@vvelox.net> <94b39f2d-1461-bab4-496e-d1cb598fe5be@daemonic.se> <69a258f8-6f41-4a2d-56dc-c7119ac81b17@gjunka.com>
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On 05/09/2018 09:15, Grzegorz Junka wrote: > > On 08/05/2018 08:14, Niclas Zeising wrote: >> On 05/08/18 10:01, Zane C. B-H. wrote: >>> I am curious, where are we at on 11 stable when it comes to support >>> for newer Intel chipsets? Just wondering how usable X is when it >>> comes to x5-Z8350 Cherry trail or the like. >> >> Hi! >> I don't know the exact details, but the graphics/drm-stable-kmod and >> graphics/drm-next-kmod ports provides support for intel graphics (and >> AMD) on 11 stable and the upcoming release. This corresponds to >> linux kernel 4.9 and 4.11 support, respectively. You can try either >> of those. >> Regards > > Is 11 stable the same as 11 release? I heard one needs to recompile > the kernel to enable support for those ports? In other words, what > would someone on 11 release have to do in order to install one of the > linux 4.9 drivers for their amd/intel cards? hey there - so 11.1-RELEASE is different that 11-STABLE. this link has more info: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html the tl;dr version is that we have three branches CURRENT (which is the bleeding edge and where new releases will eventually be cut from), STABLE (which is a development branch of a given release) and RELEASE (which is well the release branch and can be considered suitable for production environments). if you are running 11-STABLE you should be able to install the drm-next-kmod port or pkg like this for example: $ sudo pkg install drm-next-kmod and things should work. if you are keen to stay on the 11.1-RELEASE your best bet will be to wait until 11.2-RELEASE which i *think* will have the needed support in place for the drm-next-kmod to work on most newer intel and amd GPU's. -pete -- Pete Wright pete@nomadlogic.org @nomadlogicLA
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