Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2016 17:32:21 +0100 From: Stefan Wendler <stefan.wendler@tngtech.com> To: Arto Pekkanen <isoa@kapsi.fi> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nvidia chip along with skylake chip.... Message-ID: <56DB0A15.7020706@tngtech.com> In-Reply-To: <a9d553e3a4f310cdeb534a518b0b35e0@kapsi.fi> References: <20160305040606.GA5294@lrosenman-dell.lerctr.org> <56DAC595.1080604@tngtech.com> <807967c126076fa0591ea36a14cc08ad@kapsi.fi> <56DAF260.2010106@tngtech.com> <20160305145347.GA1648@lrosenman-dell.lerctr.org> <56DAFC54.1080503@tngtech.com> <a9d553e3a4f310cdeb534a518b0b35e0@kapsi.fi>
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There is a PR and wiki entry for this already [1]. But I haven't tried it out yet due to a severe lack of time on my side. Maybe you already have a solution that might help them progress? [1]https://wiki.freebsd.org/OptimusVideoSupport On 03/05/16 17:11, Arto Pekkanen wrote: > So ... how important is it for you guys to get the Optimus setup workin= g > on FreeBSD? >=20 > I can set up a project on Github someday in the future and start workin= g > on my old scripts, refactoring them up to date, and finishing the > project. Also, there would be a donation incentive, which means: you pa= y > me monies -> I might work harder. >=20 > However, if you guys feel like you can work out your own solution then = I > won't bother because I got plenty other projects right now that I am > trying to figure out. Like, I got Optimus working on my laptop once > before, but I decided it is not worth the effort in most cases since yo= u > can always buy a laptop which FreeBSD supports. And if you can't do > that, then just install Gentoo and get on with it. >=20 > Stefan Wendler kirjoitti 05.03.2016 17:33: >> vesa will always work. But vesa is not accelerated. Some People get go= od >> fps for YT videos with the scfb vesa-driver though. But this only work= s >> with uefi-Version of FreeBSD. Which I cannot use because it does not >> support ZFS on root yet. For day-to-day stuff vesa works great and eve= n >> openttd works ;) but that's about it. No 3D, no accelerated 2D, no >> Videos ... >> >> On 03/05/16 15:53, Larry Rosenman wrote: >>> On Sat, Mar 05, 2016 at 03:51:12PM +0100, Stefan Wendler wrote: >>>> Oh I am certainly interested in this hack ;) >>>> >>>> Correct me if I am wrong, but afaik you still need to have working >>>> support for the intel gpu that finally displays the stuff. And Skyla= ke >>>> is not currently supported with FreeBSD. So there is no way in getti= ng >>>> optimus to work then. >>> I seem(!) to be able to get VESA running on my Skylake chip, but >>> unaccelerated. It also has the nvidia chip available, but X doesn't >>> seem >>> to want to enable it. >>> >>> >=20
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