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Date:      Sat, 9 Nov 2019 12:37:51 +0000
From:      Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
To:        Tomasz CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "James E. Pace" <james@pacehouse.com>
Subject:   Re: 12.1 on Thinkpad - problem making graphics work
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On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 22:55:39 +0100
Tomasz CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> wrote:

> Also make sure that rc.conf contains:
> kld_list="/boot/modules/drm.ko /boot/modules/i915kms.ko"

	Just the latter seems to suffice.

> Using the "default" drm.ko and i915.ko does not provide acceleration.
> Why are they bundled then?

	I believe they work with some old cards. They're probably on the
way out but deprecation is a slow process not embarked upon lightly since
the days there were complaints about axes being wielded on the tree.

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