Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 03:45:16 +0300 From: Alexander Mishurov <alexander.m.mishurov@gmail.com> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Bay Trail support? (Gen 7 graphics, Celeron J1900 CPU) Message-ID: <56CCFD1C.6080502@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4abd0f5f0bd72b25b38e7b2a10eb475c@kapsi.fi> References: <470ED4D7-B85A-450D-A76B-425AE110D18F@transactionware.com> <de3d9bc79ce179670d7df77a0691c8a6@kapsi.fi> <3CD6EAD2-A569-4863-B565-8358C5586AF8@transactionware.com> <4abd0f5f0bd72b25b38e7b2a10eb475c@kapsi.fi>
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I have Celereon N2840 which is Bay Trail. I use UEFI boot and x11-drivers/xf86-video-scfb for xorg. Current 3.8 update doesn't support Bay Trail (ValleyView graphics). On 24/02/16 03:31, Arto Pekkanen wrote: > 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 <isoa@kapsi.fi> 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 >
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