Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 06:17:41 +0100 From: Ben Woods <woodsb02@gmail.com> To: Alexander Mishurov <alexander.m.mishurov@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Intel Brasswell, NUC, iGPU and VESA driver on CURRENT Message-ID: <CAOc73CDEtQf=0VQEOms86smwfSQ0MPYHoNE--4dryV80QKSqPw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <56DD81B6.6060300@gmail.com> References: <20160307125412.6a10931c@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de> <56DD81B6.6060300@gmail.com>
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On Monday, 7 March 2016, Alexander Mishurov <alexander.m.mishurov@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, you should use x11-drivers/xf86-video-scfb. This driver similar to > VESA for UEFI mode. > > Also, there's branch for GPUs up to Haswell > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/Update%20i915%20GPU%20driver%20to%20Linux%203.8 > > N3050 use ValleyView graphics, if i'm not wrong; unfortunately it isn't > supported yet. > > On 07/03/16 14:54, O. Hartmann wrote: > >> We got a bunch of new hardware for certain purposes and equipted with >> modern >> CPUs and iGPUs. FreeBSD still lacks in kernel support for Intel CPUs >> beyond >> IvyBridge based iGPUs or moderate modern GPUs dur to some KMS issues. On >> three >> years old hardware with Intel Haswell and HD4XXX iGPU I still use the VESA >> driver running X11 (very poor performance). Now, on Braswell and Boradwell >> settop boxes, I'd like to use also VESA driver to have graphical support. >> >> The boxes are all booted via UEFI! >> >> Starting VESA fails with something like: >> >> [...] >> (II) VESA(0): initializing int10 >> (EE) VESA(0): V_BIOS address 0x0 out of range >> (II) UnloadModule: vesa >> [...] >> >> Google says this is probably due to UEFI not getting the correct hardware >> informations, but since I have a high-resolution console (vt()), I guess >> the >> FBSD kernel knows about the EFI support? >> >> Is there a solution with VESA for that issue? >> >> This problem is with all barebone PCs I use, a Intel NUC with N3050 CPU >> and a >> Zotac Mini with recent Boradwell CPU. >> >> Please CC me! >> >> Thank you very much in advance and kind regards, >> >> Oliver >> > Indeed, using scfb should work for you instead of vesa. I previously provided someone on this list with some instructions on how to use get FreeBSD working with the scfb driver. See here: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2016-February/017154.html Good luck! Regards, Ben -- -- From: Benjamin Woods woodsb02@gmail.com
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