From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Thu Feb 18 20:37:02 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DD4AAACB24; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:37:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from isoa@kapsi.fi) Received: from mail.kapsi.fi (mx1.kapsi.fi [IPv6:2001:1bc8:1004::1:25]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E9BB9ABB; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:37:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from isoa@kapsi.fi) Received: from karviainen.kapsi.fi ([217.30.184.182] helo=roundcube.kapsi.fi) by mail.kapsi.fi with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1aWVJo-0007jf-VG; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 22:36:57 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 22:36:56 +0200 From: Arto Pekkanen To: Anil Gulati Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: X-Sender: isoa@kapsi.fi User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.9.4 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 217.30.184.182 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: isoa@kapsi.fi X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on mail X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 Subject: Re: What are the criteria for contributing to development and testing? X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:24:06 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on mail.kapsi.fi) X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:37:02 -0000 Well, you can start by testing the experimental kernel, which includes preliminary GPU support from Linux 3.8: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/Update%20i915%20GPU%20driver%20to%20Linux%203.8 If you get the kernel crash, that is an opportunity to first send crash reports (which include kernel crash dumps, system logs etc), and if you have knowledge of x86 system level programming, you can try to figure out why it crashed and how to fix it, and later on submit patches to the kernel. The kernel developers frequently communicate in this mailing list, so if you have a patch that solves a problem, they would be very thankful, and so would be all FreeBSD users in this small community :) And of course merely reports of using the experimental kernel are also very much appreciated. I am not a yet proficient in x86 system level programming, so I just test out new revisions of the kernel when they come available, submit crash reports etc. The main wiki article is very informative in listing milestones and goals: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics There is also a preliminary workflow available: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/Kernel%20development%20workflow Anil Gulati kirjoitti 17.02.2016 17:07: > Dear FreeBSD-X11, > > My thread on FreeBSD forums base system > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/55054/ helped me establish that > buying > an Intel NUC or System 76 with 5th Gen Broadwell Intel i3/i/5/i7 would > be a > no go for X11 on FreeBSD https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics > > Is it possible for me to contribute to the development and testing of > driver support to get these chips working with the Intel HD Graphics > 6000 > 6100 etc? > > And if I go for a 6th Gen Skylake Intel i3/i5/i7 is it possible and > appropriate to contribute to development and testing on Skylake before > Haswell or Broadwell support is finished? > > One thing worries me on Skylake is that I read that the Skylake chipset > "retires VGA support" > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_HD_and_Iris_Graphics#Skylake > > Does this mean I can't even get console working on Skylake? I'm not > sure if > Linux has support for Skylake yet either? Can I even install FreeBSD if > I > can't see console? > > What are the criteria for contributing to development and testing? > > Thanks > AniilG > _______________________________________________ > 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" -- Arto Pekkanen