From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Wed Feb 17 15:07:18 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 E22D5AAB344 for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:07:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gulati.au@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-x231.google.com (mail-yw0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c05::231]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A50921D45 for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:07:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gulati.au@gmail.com) Received: by mail-yw0-x231.google.com with SMTP id g127so15056713ywf.2 for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2016 07:07:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=M8NHSC0bPSkH7EcVwKD3W9n7s/mArg+acF8AP0UTa7g=; b=nm0akW53jM7eBhaxCIWLScCPzS2a4A+bBMFGNCrGYvbcI2Y70Di6ZC9a2hc06fBg1z Q//Kdd3sXe/iGF0PlAEQztX48EEOLkwoEP6FFtQMxS5AtwvbZcz9ibOm+OSIWOo/iFLZ +0ZG2zLqA+dcH3PqthhKI1Yp/qSKhL+KDQjujp1bfknRzMWB7ro66Hkq1fb9g9Dup0OH IF3E4br6Q3tDHaQKaT3ifYIhi7NJzfwG+9Hlk0pfFGwvXG+kigm2gyKI6Z/urbT0ho5j O1gb+gpK5Pm+KuwKn2mhSPvryn8miq/5136UIZ4v5jQOxD/J0HJHsTZzUmHcpbxz2fkQ 4ECg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=M8NHSC0bPSkH7EcVwKD3W9n7s/mArg+acF8AP0UTa7g=; b=mfrkpR1ZtDI+EVR7oqNNi0RbXKK1RTKSiVMoxOh1Cy1KjFH7p3VB5ITEY/ZwN3Gsym rOR0tJJPW91C9AGp1DK4QDAVI/mr8KBiRdrygREBshdAjXdKLuEQdZOeOFpYNdXkNf7d i3jrGAoLIdQQI2yMewCqhlSAZdR6NQpNCSX2+CgQ+w7TedjeAaldMhowC/3DndrC4MN8 5oLp9gs0/gD1fTxkf4GbQPc4tTkZrG3iJieHOYs54ku1Emc7AbcrL5cxZGfNmwwYOU7M ul/s30AyarXBTaoiuqR7HQELoU95GwOI7oDuTDFzPLkvyuqVlB9Aguds5O91xU8oizRR Bqtw== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOTiPG6lTmd+NgMsRea0WM7dO6VDOger2fVp3uB1UfR9kUcs+oWUqHq2CfuZzZkDRqbMG0Upx+GBKww2CQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.129.88.136 with SMTP id m130mr1144344ywb.81.1455721636811; Wed, 17 Feb 2016 07:07:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.129.90.68 with HTTP; Wed, 17 Feb 2016 07:07:16 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 02:07:16 +1100 Message-ID: Subject: What are the criteria for contributing to development and testing? From: Anil Gulati To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:07:18 -0000 Dear FreeBSD-X11, My thread on FreeBSD forums base system https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/55054/ helped me establish that buying an Intel NUC or System 76 with 5th Gen Broadwell Intel i3/i/5/i7 would be a no go for X11 on FreeBSD https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics Is it possible for me to contribute to the development and testing of driver support to get these chips working with the Intel HD Graphics 6000 6100 etc? And if I go for a 6th Gen Skylake Intel i3/i5/i7 is it possible and appropriate to contribute to development and testing on Skylake before Haswell or Broadwell support is finished? One thing worries me on Skylake is that I read that the Skylake chipset "retires VGA support" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_HD_and_Iris_Graphics#Skylake Does this mean I can't even get console working on Skylake? I'm not sure if Linux has support for Skylake yet either? Can I even install FreeBSD if I can't see console? What are the criteria for contributing to development and testing? Thanks AniilG