Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 23:53:10 +0300 From: Arto Pekkanen <isoa@kapsi.fi> To: Matthew Macy <mmacy@nextbsd.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: clarifying the state of drm-next-3.9 and next steps Message-ID: <57100336.8080101@kapsi.fi> In-Reply-To: <154167f380a.11029a097214164.5670903735512919638@nextbsd.org> References: <1540c0ceea9.126b592b988423.8774357707501817476@nextbsd.org> <570FE736.6030803@kapsi.fi> <154162c9e5e.def07e19164201.9142009646778346084@nextbsd.org> <570FFDD8.1080700@kapsi.fi> <154167f380a.11029a097214164.5670903735512919638@nextbsd.org>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --MtXU9raWWgMobiJjtufSnqFjsug5e3pJs Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="KWdTEnn6FqdQPnx1TjJh6bGcaUc31Wwc1" From: Arto Pekkanen <isoa@kapsi.fi> To: Matthew Macy <mmacy@nextbsd.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Message-ID: <57100336.8080101@kapsi.fi> Subject: Re: clarifying the state of drm-next-3.9 and next steps References: <1540c0ceea9.126b592b988423.8774357707501817476@nextbsd.org> <570FE736.6030803@kapsi.fi> <154162c9e5e.def07e19164201.9142009646778346084@nextbsd.org> <570FFDD8.1080700@kapsi.fi> <154167f380a.11029a097214164.5670903735512919638@nextbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <154167f380a.11029a097214164.5670903735512919638@nextbsd.org> --KWdTEnn6FqdQPnx1TjJh6bGcaUc31Wwc1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ah okay ... hmmm, that would mean Radeon R9 -series gfx cards right? In that case I'll have to see if I can get such a card somewhere dirt cheap. No promises though. If I happen to get Fiji architecture based device somewhere I would help in testing AMD GPGPU. On 14.04.2016 23:38, Matthew Macy wrote: >=20 >=20 >=20 > ---- On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:30:16 -0700 Arto Pekkanen <isoa@kapsi.fi> = wrote ----=20 > > Can't promise anything for certain. I don't have a Radeon chip or a > > spare rig right now, but I might get one later. If not, I might be a= ble > > to fix a cheap, older laptop with a Radeon GPU. > >=20 > > I've no experience systems level programming or anything like that. = I > > was thinking more about *coin mining or SETI@Home, you know, the kin= da > > entry level, brick layer stuff wannabe hackers run on their petty ho= me > > servers. I could try enabling AMD GPGPU option in some *coin miner i= n > > the ports tree, or if there is no such miner app available try to po= rt > > one for FreeBSD, provided that the required libraries are made avail= able > > at the time. > =20 > The HSA/HCC code that I'm looking at only supports Fiji chips. An older= Radeon won't buy you anything unless you can piece together the OpenCL b= its. >=20 > -M >=20 > =20 > > On 14.04.2016 22:08, Matthew Macy wrote: > > >=20 > > >=20 > > > Thanks for the heads up :) > > >=20 > > > I am especially interested in the GPGPU support for AMDs, sinc= e this > > > would actually make FreeBSD x86 rigs very useful for power eff= icient > > > cluster computing. Thus far cheapest alternatives (on x86 hard= ware) have > > > been based on Windows or Linux. > > >=20 > > >=20 > > > Can I count you as a volunteer to help jmd with user level run= time > > > support? :D > > >=20 > > >=20 > > > -M > > >=20 > > >=20 > > >=20 > > > On 12.04.2016 22:57, Matthew Macy wrote: > > > > There seems to be some confusion about the state of drm-next= -3.9. > > > All the work is currently going on in jmd's fork of > > > freebsd-base-graphics: > > > > > > > > https://github.com/iotamudelta/freebsd-base-graphics > > > > > > > > The emphasis has been on bringing i915 and the drm code in > > > dev/drm2 closer to upstream as opposed to a simple driver refr= esh. > > > I'm currently implementing missing linuxkpi bits and hope to > > > actually be testing in the next week or so. > > > > > > > > As of this moment there is nothing available for general > > > consumption. I very much hope to have this phase done before c= ode > > > freeze. I will update the list as soon as there is anything to= test. > > > Until then, hold your horses. > > > > > > > > The next phase will be more interesting to anyone who isn't = simply > > > waiting on bug fixes for Haswell support. My plan is to update= DRM > > > to 4.6 and import amdgpu and amdkfd support. I would like to b= e able > > > to do GPGPU work using HIP/HSA on my AMD cards. An ETA on 4.6/= amdgpu > > > support is difficult to come up with. But certainly it will _n= ot_ be > > > any earlier than end of May. > > > > > > > > -M > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> mai= ling list > > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > > > <mailto:freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" > > > > > > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 >=20 --KWdTEnn6FqdQPnx1TjJh6bGcaUc31Wwc1-- --MtXU9raWWgMobiJjtufSnqFjsug5e3pJs Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iF4EAREIAAYFAlcQAzYACgkQTBivhqtJa2788wD+OIayVXXc0peU7JLxAgmggpEK 7WlDASfZ51q3kwJahVEBAMKQ2OKskiG9mJBFA+5ouMZhOv2n4BiPv8ioX5E2jIxj =Xjoi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MtXU9raWWgMobiJjtufSnqFjsug5e3pJs--
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