Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 09:03:10 -0400 From: Adam McDougall <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel HD 5500 driver port Message-ID: <5519498E.1080302@egr.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20150330094610.GB3937@valhala.home> References: <20150330093352.GA3937@valhala.home> <CABquGzUtzUrAy-v5hAfbzt294Zd-kKxrUN59rPaYdnnbCsK0xg@mail.gmail.com> <20150330094610.GB3937@valhala.home>
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On 03/30/2015 05:46, Nicolas Martyanoff wrote: > On 2015-03-30 11:39, Johannes Dieterich wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Nicolas Martyanoff <khaelin@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have trouble finding info about support for the Intel HD 5500 graphic chip >>> (used on broadwell platforms such as new Thinkpads) on FreeBSD. On Linux, it >>> seems to be supported by the Intel driver Since June 2014¹. >>> >>> Is there a port in progress, or some development being done ? >> neither Haswell nor Broadwell iGPUs are currently supported by any >> version of FreeBSD with the intel driver. However, work is underway by >> some developers (kib@, dumbbell@) to make this happen. Please see >> https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics for up-to-date status/information of >> all things graphics. >> >> Depending on your requirements, you can use the vesa driver with >> software rendering in the mean time. > > Thank you for the information. I'll try software rendering when I get the > laptop. > This might help you too: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/xorg-vesa-driver-massive-speedup-using-mtrr-write-combine.46723/ I don't have new enough hardware to try it out myself yet.
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