From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Wed Feb 24 00:31:45 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 25DECAB1791; Wed, 24 Feb 2016 00:31:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from isoa@kapsi.fi) Received: from mail.kapsi.fi (mx1.kapsi.fi [IPv6:2001:1bc8:1004::1:25]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D74B3A39; Wed, 24 Feb 2016 00:31:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from isoa@kapsi.fi) Received: from karviainen.kapsi.fi ([217.30.184.182] helo=roundcube.kapsi.fi) by mail.kapsi.fi with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1aYNMh-0005u4-1Z; Wed, 24 Feb 2016 02:31:39 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 02:31:38 +0200 From: Arto Pekkanen To: Jan Mikkelsen Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <3CD6EAD2-A569-4863-B565-8358C5586AF8@transactionware.com> References: <470ED4D7-B85A-450D-A76B-425AE110D18F@transactionware.com> <3CD6EAD2-A569-4863-B565-8358C5586AF8@transactionware.com> Message-ID: <4abd0f5f0bd72b25b38e7b2a10eb475c@kapsi.fi> X-Sender: isoa@kapsi.fi User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.9.4 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 217.30.184.182 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: isoa@kapsi.fi X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on mail X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 Subject: Re: Intel Bay Trail support? (Gen 7 graphics, Celeron J1900 CPU) X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:24:06 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on mail.kapsi.fi) 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, 24 Feb 2016 00:31:45 -0000 You can get it working either with x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa or x11-drivers/xf86-video-scfb I've never had to use the above drivers because I've always bought hardware that's more or less 100% functional with FreeBSD, and thus I am not sure how well these work. But I am quite sure you can get at least 1024x768 resolution with VESA. Jan Mikkelsen kirjoitti 23.02.2016 22:57: > Hi, > > Thanks, that’s good to know. > > Is it reasonable to expect a Bay Trail system to support 1024x768 VESA > with 16 or 24 bit colour depth, and no other acceleration? > > I’m thinking about how a Bay Trail system would work while software > issues are resolved. > > Regards, > > Jan. > >> On 24 Feb 2016, at 05:02, Arto Pekkanen wrote: >> >> Since we do not know the exact differences between Bay Trail and Ivy >> Bridge, the only safe assumption is that it won't work with FreeBSD >> i915kms currently. >> >> Jan Mikkelsen kirjoitti 23.02.2016 04:42: >>> Hi, >>> I see from the graphics status page that of the Gen 7 Intel graphics >>> chips, Ivy Bridge is supported by Haswell is not. >>> Wikipedia* has the Silvermont / ValleyView / Bay Trail as the third >>> micro architecture with Gen 7 support, as distinct from Haswell and >>> Ivy Bridge. Then this page claims that Bay Trail is an Ivy Bridge >>> variant: >>> http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-Bay-Trail.103037.0.html >>> Is Bay Trail graphics a Ivy Bridge variant, or does it require >>> special >>> support? Should I expect this to work with 10.2, with the updated >>> i915 >>> driver, or with none of those? >>> Thanks >>> Jan Mikkelsen, >>> *) >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_graphics_processing_units >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_HD_and_Iris_Graphics >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list >>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> -- >> Arto Pekkanen -- Arto Pekkanen