From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 22 21:05:58 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 98BD8D8C for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 21:05:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x236.google.com (mail-wi0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::236]) (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 2AE96354 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 21:05:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f182.google.com with SMTP id h11so2351977wiw.15 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 13:05:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=Umv6Q+7J7YwRKOt9+vrLNNVrLUBBSWaOEKP1VbuPnrQ=; b=Q4elJJYEf/9OTi7tJ0Ml7CDsYYDynWrZSFKxGEYLbII0osngBjKS1XGkeZK/ns7IK1 cIsplAOSa4/2/dX9Fawzlk0ISrwBndesdp/hlNjJBVBwWmQLiC+VmPhmdNLykazIwGCq t3DUsYaMImz5GTFv1+rjW8dyHVNc+scF6h1XRJs/FFMHTodOTtJXpVcypcUw8CK7J4mM GCZI5yuDpOwtBHlwrPS7DRja2OlU3kG3YaqLzOXyEcaUbSFKoy3C53iCiEoyZ4dW06ts 1iGN6gQFHJ1E9r58nkpJxgFMbg4lIh7RdAZGy1j/kXLBhUFlM4EtNijjNFc3LviYAi5b IKVA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.80.100 with SMTP id q4mr19853328wjx.15.1416690356493; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 13:05:56 -0800 (PST) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.106.136 with HTTP; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 13:05:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 13:05:56 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: dTkxhkXBGhQVMFYDmCY0D9xfaV8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Optimus support page From: Adrian Chadd To: "freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 21:05:58 -0000 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. Thanks! -adrian