Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:53:58 +0100 From: Jan Bramkamp <crest@rlwinm.de> To: Johannes M Dieterich <jmd@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: update of graphics/drm-next-kmod to Linux 4.11 level for recent CURRENT and 11-STABLE Message-ID: <e06600e4-11a1-395f-8fb1-06e6debdc4dc@rlwinm.de> In-Reply-To: <20180225104844.726b4f17@manray.ogolem.org> References: <20180225104844.726b4f17@manray.ogolem.org>
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On 25.02.18 16:48, Johannes M Dieterich wrote: > Dear all, > > Please CC me as I am not subscribed. > > On behalf of the FreeBSDDesktop team and thanks to the tireless efforts > of Johannes Lundberg and Hans Petter Selasky (hselasky), I am pleased to > report that the graphics/drm-next-kmod port just received an update to > Linux level 4.11 KMS/DRM for amdgpu, radeon, and i915 for both recent > CURRENT and 11-STABLE. > > We have tested this on a range of hardware ourselves: > * Haswell > * Broadwell > * Skylake > * Evergreen > * Kaveri (both radeon and amgpu KMS) > * Carrizo > * Polaris > > Needless to say, the possible space of hardware this could run on is > significantly larger. Hence, if you find issues and/or want to propose > patches, please do so at our development github: > > https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/kms-drm > > We absolutely do welcome contributions! > > Johannes Thx for your hard work. The drm-next-kmod port enabled me to finally replace my ageing Thinkpad X220 with newer hardware. The latest update (g20180117_3 -> 4.11.g20180224) to the drm-next-kmod port introduced a regression which causes Xorg on my T470s running 12-current from a few days ago to fail at startup stating that it didn't find any screen.
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