Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:22:30 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@jennejohn.org> To: Joel Dahl <joel@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Jeff Cross <jeff.cross@averageadmins.com> Subject: Re: Intel Linux Graphics on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <200608101522.k7AFMU7O004313@peedub.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Joel Dahl <joel@FreeBSD.org> of "Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:08:31 %2B0200." <1155222511.697.7.camel@localhost>
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Joel Dahl writes: > On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 10:05 -0500, Jeff Cross wrote: > > This may have already hit the list, but has anyone seen the > > intellinuxgraphics.org driver site that Intel has produced. It appears > > they have created drivers for their cards for Linux. > > > > Does anyone know if there is a work in progress to port these to > > FreeBSD? I run a laptop with an i810 video chipset and this would come > > in very handy. > > > > It appears they have an X.org 2D driver, a DRM kernel module, and a Mesa > > 3D GL driver for the following cards/chipsets: > > > > 965G, 965Q, 946GZ, 945G, 945GM, 915G, 915GM, 865G, 855GM, 852GM, 845G, > > i830M, 815, 810, 810-DC100. > > > > I am by far no kernel hacker or driver specialist. This is way out of > > my league. I just wanted to see if anyone was working on porting these > > to FreeBSD or if anyone out here in FreeBSD land had even heard of it. > > I hadn't before today... Playing Wolfenstein on the laptop would be > > nice! :) > > > > I look forward to any discussion on these drivers and an effort to port > > to FreeBSD. > > Take a look at the Development Team[*] for the open source linux > graphics driver, and you'll notice that one of the FreeBSD developers is > listed there. I've CC'ed him. > > [*] http://intellinuxgraphics.org/team.html > According to the man page referenced on the site it should Just Work with recent versions of FreeBSD. Take a look at it. --- Gary Jennejohn / garyjATjennejohnDOTorg gjATfreebsdDOTorg garyjATdenxDOTde
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