Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:54:43 +0100 From: Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org> To: Kurt Hackenberg <kh@panix.com>, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Bug 241101] i915kms working with 12.0 but not 12.1-BETA3 Message-ID: <0657bd64-171b-00bf-a067-cf3a2053485e@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <9a291163-70d3-a073-ea70-8e2d7d1a528a@panix.com> References: <bug-241101-7141@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> <bug-241101-7141-NriD0vnpZm@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> <9a291163-70d3-a073-ea70-8e2d7d1a528a@panix.com>
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On 2019-12-09 17:15, Kurt Hackenberg wrote: > On 2019-12-08 13:55, bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org wrote: >> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D241101 >> >> --- Comment #22 from Niclas Zeising <zeising@FreeBSD.org> --- >> (In reply to Adam Weinberger from comment #18) >> >> Hi Adam! >> We (the graphcis team) have some patches and ideas about providing a=20 >> drm kmod >> package that builds on FreeBSD 12.0 using 12.1 headers, and then would= =20 >> work on >> FreeBSD 12.1 (but not 12.0).=C2=A0 This task is not as easy as it seam= s,=20 >> though. >> >> We are also working on a more long term solution to the problem,=20 >> probably using >> a DKMS like approach, where the module is built when it is installed,=20 >> rather >> than on the ports cluster. > Is there hope that the graphics drivers will become stable, so they can= =20 > be in kernel releases? Because of licensing issues, and different paces of development between=20 FreeBSD and Linux, it is unlikely they will ever be part of the base syst= em. Regards --=20 Niclas Zeising
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