Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 09:26:36 +0200 From: John Hay <jhay@meraka.csir.co.za> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd 6.1rc2 lacks i945 agp support Message-ID: <20060517072636.GA15060@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> In-Reply-To: <200605111124.k4BBO5RZ056866@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <freebsd-hardware.1147143934.446006fe41262@mail.iinet.net.au> <200605111124.k4BBO5RZ056866@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 01:24:05PM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote: > netsick@iinet.net.au wrote: > > I have a Dell Optiplex 520 using i945 (ICH7) chipset. > > > > I have device agp in my kernel but /dev/agpgart is not being setup. This then > > effects the opertion of Xorg 6.9.x by not allowing it to load DRI and thus no > > XVideo support. > > The necessary fixes for i915 and i945 are in 7-current, and > I have asked several times in the past to MFC the code to > RELENG_6 (and I even showed that it's possible: My laptop > is running RELENG_6, with some code taken from -current, > so AGP is detected fine, so 3D acceleration + XVideo works). > > So, if you need that support, you have to do any of these: > - Switch to 7-current, or > - Merge the code into RELENG_6 yourself, like I did, or > - Try to talk someone into MFCing the AGP/DRM code. Any chance of making a patch of it available? If it works for me and nobody have anything against it... and it doesn't break existing stuff... I'll merge it. John -- John Hay -- John.Hay@meraka.csir.co.za / jhay@FreeBSD.org
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