From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Sat Mar 5 16:32:25 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 BCE57A095A6 for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2016 16:32:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stefan.wendler@tngtech.com) Received: from zimbra.tngtech.com (zimbra.tngtech.com [212.204.93.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7E4F26C6 for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2016 16:32:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stefan.wendler@tngtech.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.tngtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CA0BB004AC; Sat, 5 Mar 2016 17:32:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from zimbra.tngtech.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.tngtech.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id ztFNecw64O_p; Sat, 5 Mar 2016 17:32:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.tngtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08AE2B004B2; Sat, 5 Mar 2016 17:32:23 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at tngtech.com Received: from zimbra.tngtech.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.tngtech.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id IsgLVKFAZihc; Sat, 5 Mar 2016 17:32:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from [10.0.0.20] (p4FE1D3D3.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [79.225.211.211]) by zimbra.tngtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BA84CB004AC; Sat, 5 Mar 2016 17:32:22 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <56DB0A15.7020706@tngtech.com> Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2016 17:32:21 +0100 From: Stefan Wendler User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Arto Pekkanen CC: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nvidia chip along with skylake chip.... References: <20160305040606.GA5294@lrosenman-dell.lerctr.org> <56DAC595.1080604@tngtech.com> <807967c126076fa0591ea36a14cc08ad@kapsi.fi> <56DAF260.2010106@tngtech.com> <20160305145347.GA1648@lrosenman-dell.lerctr.org> <56DAFC54.1080503@tngtech.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2016 16:32:25 -0000 There is a PR and wiki entry for this already [1]. But I haven't tried it out yet due to a severe lack of time on my side. Maybe you already have a solution that might help them progress? [1]https://wiki.freebsd.org/OptimusVideoSupport On 03/05/16 17:11, Arto Pekkanen wrote: > So ... how important is it for you guys to get the Optimus setup workin= g > on FreeBSD? >=20 > I can set up a project on Github someday in the future and start workin= g > on my old scripts, refactoring them up to date, and finishing the > project. Also, there would be a donation incentive, which means: you pa= y > me monies -> I might work harder. >=20 > However, if you guys feel like you can work out your own solution then = I > won't bother because I got plenty other projects right now that I am > trying to figure out. Like, I got Optimus working on my laptop once > before, but I decided it is not worth the effort in most cases since yo= u > can always buy a laptop which FreeBSD supports. And if you can't do > that, then just install Gentoo and get on with it. >=20 > Stefan Wendler kirjoitti 05.03.2016 17:33: >> vesa will always work. But vesa is not accelerated. Some People get go= od >> fps for YT videos with the scfb vesa-driver though. But this only work= s >> with uefi-Version of FreeBSD. Which I cannot use because it does not >> support ZFS on root yet. For day-to-day stuff vesa works great and eve= n >> openttd works ;) but that's about it. No 3D, no accelerated 2D, no >> Videos ... >> >> On 03/05/16 15:53, Larry Rosenman wrote: >>> On Sat, Mar 05, 2016 at 03:51:12PM +0100, Stefan Wendler wrote: >>>> Oh I am certainly interested in this hack ;) >>>> >>>> Correct me if I am wrong, but afaik you still need to have working >>>> support for the intel gpu that finally displays the stuff. And Skyla= ke >>>> is not currently supported with FreeBSD. So there is no way in getti= ng >>>> optimus to work then. >>> I seem(!) to be able to get VESA running on my Skylake chip, but >>> unaccelerated. It also has the nvidia chip available, but X doesn't >>> seem >>> to want to enable it. >>> >>> >=20