Date: Sun, 7 May 2017 05:26:48 -0700 From: Mylan Connolly <mylan.connolly@gmail.com> To: abi <abi@abinet.ru> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Kaby Lake Support Message-ID: <CANk4dZmDD7ObC-xUkqU6feS_eH=W8Lc3G7b_muC1EczLQOXMBw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <590EE3CD.4030009@abinet.ru> References: <CANk4dZnhTCSPkcF8DnsU86BxTnmdzVfiaz=iNbxdgWEAKLmE4Q@mail.gmail.com> <f223e38c-6145-26b1-b356-170461e576cf@nomadlogic.org> <CANk4dZnj7zyh2iFum8T8wdU_u_6fTBwYNGSHzx9PHLTHg_cH0w@mail.gmail.com> <457b9277c9ea90d24ba3620f09a5ad06@mikej.com> <CANk4dZnE19BFF8fLQDq0R8DN5zdwkq2WUb3881T3d6UM4bvj-g@mail.gmail.com> <59d50c9d-4115-7974-dafe-8b105234679c@astart.com> <CANk4dZ=AyxnG6jr-fb7dUWkirkJZv9R3G9%2BuuD83wGz2fpW6EA@mail.gmail.com> <CANk4dZm%2BhoPReJ7TkpKdZ0a4DqHhBx_r8WOFMshtvF3dpsue1A@mail.gmail.com> <590EE3CD.4030009@abinet.ru>
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So far this is not working and I haven't looked into it yet. I plan to soon, however On May 7, 2017 5:07 AM, "abi" <abi@abinet.ru> wrote: > Hello, > > what about suspend/resume support? > > On 07.05.2017 02:53, Mylan Connolly wrote: > >> Hello. >> >> I actually did not do much. Running through the instructions at the page >> here https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/makeworld.html except using the >> sources found here https://github.com/FreeBSDDesk >> top/freebsd-base-graphics >> instead of the regular source code. Afterwards I rebooted and it all just >> worked after I did kldload i915kms (I then added it to rc.conf to persist >> I >> the module loading). >> >> Thanks again! >> >> On May 6, 2017 7:40 PM, "Patrick Powell" <papowell@astart.com> wrote: >> >> Congratulations! You might want to post a short note describing what you >> did >> for those who are curious. >> >> >> On 05/05/17 17:49, Mylan Connolly wrote: >> >> Update! >>> >>> Compiling world and kernel and then installing them from the git repo >>> provided above did the trick. >>> >>> I'm going to do some testing to see how reliable it is but the Intel GPU >>> is >>> loading and rendering without needing any custom x files. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> On May 5, 2017 4:56 PM, "Michael Jung" <mikej@mikej.com> wrote: >>> >>> Mylan: >>> >>>> >>>> If you look at the FreeBSD handbook compiling world and kernel is easy. >>>> >>>> Provided you have installed the source tree from the installation media >>>> or downloaded the source tree via svn >>>> >>>> #cd /usr/src >>>> # /usr/src/ >>>> # /usr/src/ make buildkernel && make buildworld >>>> # /usr/src/ make installkernel && make installworld >>>> # reboot >>>> >>>> If you look at /usr/src/Makefile there are more detailed and recommended >>>> steps for compiling and installing kernel world than I have shown. >>>> >>>> I've been doing this since Freebsd 2.2 - If you >>>> have ever built a linux kernels you will find this pretty simple. >>>> >>>> There or other things one should do - read up on mergemaster and >>>> etsupdate >>>> these tools will help you automate updating rc scripts and configuration >>>> files that >>>> are supplied with FreeBSD. >>>> >>>> FreeBSD trails in the latest things like video drivers but in a server >>>> environment I love it because if you must stay patched because of CVE's >>>> and >>>> they are application patches there are rarely times that an updated >>>> kernel >>>> must be >>>> installed and hence a reboot. >>>> >>>> Enjoy >>>> >>>> Michael Jung >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2017-05-05 16:19, Mylan Connolly wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks for the tip. I think I will check out compiling from the github >>>> >>>>> repo. >>>>> >>>>> I never have built FreeBSD world or kernel from source before so it'll >>>>> be >>>>> interesting and hopefully a good learning exercise. >>>>> >>>>> Will post back with new information. >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 3:58 PM, Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 05/05/2017 12:52, Mylan Connolly wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello all, >>>>>> >>>>>> Before I start, I want to mention that I am quite new to FreeBSD >>>>>>> (although >>>>>>> I have been using Linux for quite a long time). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I decided to try out FreeBSD 12-CURRENT because of how new my >>>>>>> hardware >>>>>>> is >>>>>>> and 11.0-RELEASE was unable to detect any of my networking >>>>>>> interfaces. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have a laptop (Alienware 13 R3) which has an Intel 630 GPU. I >>>>>>> attempted >>>>>>> to get it working by loading the i915kms module and then starting X >>>>>>> (using >>>>>>> startx with XFCE4 set up), but X was using the scfb driver (which I >>>>>>> think >>>>>>> is the UEFI frame buffer driver?). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If I create a file `/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/intel.conf with the >>>>>>> following >>>>>>> contents, X is unable to find a screen: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Section "Device" >>>>>>> Identifier "Card0" >>>>>>> Driver "intel" >>>>>>> # BusID "PCI:1:0:0" >>>>>>> EndSection >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So it kind of looks to me like my chip isn't supported by the driver >>>>>>> out >>>>>>> of >>>>>>> the box yet (I understand Kaby Lake is still quite recent, so it's >>>>>>> understandable). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Right now I have the following X video drivers installed: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> xf86-video-intel-2.99.917.20170228 >>>>>>> xf86-video-scfb-0.0.4_5 >>>>>>> xorg-server-1.18.4,1 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If anyone has any tips to help me out I'd really appreciate it. If I >>>>>>> need >>>>>>> to provide additional information I'd be glad to, just don't know >>>>>>> exactly >>>>>>> what all is necessary at this point. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> you have two options with the Intel Kabylake GPU. TrueOS ( >>>>>>> >>>>>>> www.trueos.org) >>>>>> is very closely aligned with the FreeBSD project. They have >>>>>> incorporated >>>>>> bits from work to update GPU support on FreeBSD. You can also build >>>>>> your >>>>>> own world and kernel from the github repo where this work is >>>>>> happening: >>>>>> >>>>>> https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics >>>>>> >>>>>> This is what I do on my Kabylake and Skylake sysetms, and can confirm >>>>>> it >>>>>> works quite well. You'll want to checkout the drm-next branch, then >>>>>> perform a build of the complete world and kernel from there. you >>>>>> should >>>>>> be >>>>>> able to do this from your existing 12-CURRENT installation. but to >>>>>> verify >>>>>> this branch works on your harware you can try the live image from the >>>>>> TrueOS project before investing in building everything locally. >>>>>> >>>>>> -pete >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Pete Wright >>>>>> pete@nomadlogic.org >>>>>> @nomadlogicLA >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >>>>>> " >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> >>>>>> 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" >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> >>>> 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" >>> >>> >>> >> >
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