Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 16:15:23 +0200 From: Andreas Nilsson <andrnils@gmail.com> To: Matthew Macy <mmacy@nextbsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Update 2 the state of drm-next-4.6 and next steps Message-ID: <CAPS9%2BSuYsdrkrh7nBK=e5gz7uPUttfHqk8KgjTPY1VcNziKJ2w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1549f266cc5.ea588cba219264.3594536435079440635@nextbsd.org> References: <1540c0ceea9.126b592b988423.8774357707501817476@nextbsd.org> <15449ec286e.11def424858288.297669375175006270@nextbsd.org> <1549f266cc5.ea588cba219264.3594536435079440635@nextbsd.org>
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Execellent news! Time to get -CURRENT onto the X1 Yoga and test. 4.6 is new enough to run skylake, is it not? Best regards Andreas On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Matthew Macy <mmacy@nextbsd.org> wrote: > > > At least to some degree hw accelerated 3d works on the 4.6 i915 driver > (which in principle supports up through Kaby lake - I don't yet have > anything newer than Haswell). > > https://plus.google.com/114029301710423058970/posts/485LyZegC9B > > I anticipate maintaining all the pieces: linuxkpi, drm, i915, amdgpu, > amdkfd as ports for the foreseeable future to make maintenance and > continued development simpler. > > I hope to post a call for testers this weekend or early next week. > > Cheers. > > -M > > > ---- On Sun, 24 Apr 2016 13:18:14 -0700 Matthew Macy <mmacy@nextbsd.org> > wrote ---- > > > > > > > > ---- On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:57:34 -0700 Matthew Macy < > mmacy@nextbsd.org> wrote ---- > > > There seems to be some confusion about the state of drm-next-3.9. > All the work is currently going on in jmd's fork of freebsd-base-graphics: > > > > > > https://github.com/iotamudelta/freebsd-base-graphics > > > > > > The emphasis has been on bringing i915 and the drm code in dev/drm2 > closer to upstream as opposed to a simple driver refresh. I'm currently > implementing missing linuxkpi bits and hope to actually be testing in the > next week or so. > > > > > > As of this moment there is nothing available for general > consumption. I very much hope to have this phase done before code freeze. I > will update the list as soon as there is anything to test. Until then, hold > your horses. > > > > > > > X now runs i915kms accelerated on the 3.9 driver update. Currently > *only* SNA works. > > Known issues: > > - UXA will fail with: "(EE) failed to create screen resources(EE)". > > If someone has pointer on how to diagnose other than the usual > trawling > > through Xorg sources let me know. > > - The module currently leaks memory on unload. > > > > > > My general feeling is that unless you have one of the half-dozen > Haswell PCIIDS that aren't support by 3.8 it probably isn't worth testing > yet. I'm only sending this out to let users track its progress. > > > > > > Cheers. > > -M > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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