Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 12:19:43 -0700 From: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gfx-next update: drm-4.8-rc2 tagged in drm-next Message-ID: <439e20fa-6385-68fb-c97e-24705ebd2f94@nomadlogic.org> In-Reply-To: <CAGhTqAXdNBTbdvSzBUFaOMY10jEMy6MehNqN%2BFfdZVpZ5Y1Rbg@mail.gmail.com> References: <1569231fc12.1189a20c2251388.8699372849515846410@nextbsd.org> <20160920162456.GO8480@rancor.immure.com> <CAGhTqAXdNBTbdvSzBUFaOMY10jEMy6MehNqN%2BFfdZVpZ5Y1Rbg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 9/20/16 12:07 PM, Doug Kirk wrote: > Hi Bob, > > To start, you'll want to build and install the kernel from the "drm-next" > branch at https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics . > Instructions in the FreeBSD handbook for building/installing. > > Then, the instructions at ( > https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics/wiki#installing-required-userland-components) > will tell you how to get the updated X server installed. > > One thing to note that's not really stated anywhere is that you need to > load the i915kms driver in rc.conf, not from the boot loader, as it's not > ready for boot-time loading yet (last I worked with it, last month). > Boot-time loading results in a panic. > oh interesting i'll take a look at that tonight. on my end i've been letting Xorg load the i915kms module: i.e. not loading it via rc.conf. cheers, -pete -- Pete Wright pete@nomadlogic.org nomadlogicLA
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