Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 12:23:08 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>, Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org>, current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: drm changes and updating to 12.0 Message-ID: <23520.31868.775969.324314@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfoeDcfKMPj6Z2wOZdAR8HX48pC8NmGfGY6uOW9Fr4DBrQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <23519.18601.670359.184297@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <b14d5373-1016-195a-a448-f13f74a4412d@freebsd.org> <CAN6yY1taje760G6CyGcEmTA%2BcNVZJRvdGyhQxtqT%2BKB3LX7AgA@mail.gmail.com> <CANCZdfoeDcfKMPj6Z2wOZdAR8HX48pC8NmGfGY6uOW9Fr4DBrQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Warner Losh writes: > I'm curious where 2013 comes from. I know that Intel Sandy Bridge graphics > is supported with VAAPI acceleration by drm-stable-kmod, since it i working > on the system I am using to send this message. I bought it in 2011, the > year Sandy Bridge was introduced to production products. > > 2013 is "five year old hardware or newer". It's a number I pulled out of the > air when trying to nail down the group in describing who should use what. > Giving code names would also work. Sandy Bridge and newer, though, is confusing > to people. I'd use 2011 as the release date for Sandy Bridge, but then what > about the AMD other GPUs? > > If there's a better way to message what's supported, I'm all ears. Lacking a better plan: is there a list of which card/gpu is currently known to work with which drm(-kmod) version, perhaps gathered from those involved with development? (Is this based on work from Linux? If so, do they have a list?) Respectfully, Robert Huff
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