Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 15:52:05 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Natasha Kerensikova <natbsd@instinctive.eu> Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Juan_Ram=C3=B3n_Molina_Menor?= <listjm@club-internet.fr> Subject: Re: How to have accelerated graphics with Intel Celeron J1800 (Bay Trail) ? Message-ID: <CAN6yY1tZ_t2UWsmLMLo7nnB4QbyB9C2%2Bh6v85si1i-mpLCQzHQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20160718213129.GR13253@nat.rebma.instinctive.eu> References: <578C8934.2010705@club-internet.fr> <20160718213129.GR13253@nat.rebma.instinctive.eu>
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On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Natasha Kerensikova <natbsd@instinctive.eu= > wrote: > Hello, > > on Monday 18 July 2016 at 09:45, Juan Ram=C3=B3n Molina Menor wrote: > > Hi Natasha. > > Thanks a lot for taking the time to answer. > > > Matthew Macy has done a lot of work recently to support relatively > > recent Intel GPUs in CURRENT. The development branch is in GitHub, I > > suggest you to start here: > > https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics/wiki > > I did encounter that page, though I admit digging seriously into it after > posting to the ML. > > However, it looks like rather experimental stuff, which is fine by me > but slightly besides my original questions. > > So just to be clear and be sure I correctly understood everything I > came across: > > - Is vanilla FreeBSD 11.0 supposed/planned to support Haswell, or have > I misunderstood something at some point? > - Is there any definite information one way or the other about whether > vanilla FreeBSD 11.0 is supposed to support Bay Trail ? > - If not, was it a stretch to assume Bay Trail support when the > both immediate successor (Haswell) and immediate predecessor (Ivy > Bridge) are supported? > 11.0 is should support Haswell, but not any newer GPUs, probably including Bay Trail. Ivy Bridge is supported in 10.3 and will continue to be supported in 11.0. >From what I read, it is hoped that Bay Trail and several newer GPUs will be in 11.1. (That is the Matt Macy work which many people report works well, but clearly is not ready for release.
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