From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 17 20:15:34 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 971C3116; Tue, 17 Dec 2013 20:15:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-x22d.google.com (mail-qc0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c01::22d]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 305BF1719; Tue, 17 Dec 2013 20:15:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f173.google.com with SMTP id m20so5365123qcx.18 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2013 12:15:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=iwlfA5GS5Qest+ne5GzcNCbnfG9IrFWbidr0Nkdk3ls=; b=EMhw7odNvb9hv+EtH/m+PfAvj/ILB4RWi4up+JG22k+1oNFA7IUQVdQQlJuLdqHOD5 cEhs29nl8HHph38S8CUay7BlwEEEMm76t251+tDoueilw3lY8pXxXidgW2phMQKOBsCx S/BRDSapYvnU4xGIzov1gcjDyhpXrU05+v7vWCw6a6td0vhDjYf+c1E2TNJl77TL8ygw LNACV6hOiFu4g9om7cYlU5kTtbohSNgYACal99cEkPd/1brg9Tk13nG7znZ6bC/fu3a/ RBU4AD6ZLb8hpCT9iMJvTL8U+bJaO0i3duCRUWI/0aD3xjRlnMAc6CzjqynHM52+i//o q2nw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.49.17.232 with SMTP id r8mr46559061qed.74.1387311333391; Tue, 17 Dec 2013 12:15:33 -0800 (PST) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.224.53.200 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Dec 2013 12:15:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.224.53.200 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Dec 2013 12:15:33 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20131217200756.GA46033@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <52AEE215.1060806@freebsd.org> <20131217200756.GA46033@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 12:15:33 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: IrH6thMt6A7Wx3FIv5WB0YQ5bF8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] xorg version switch in CURRENT From: Adrian Chadd To: Steve Kargl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: ports@freebsd.org, x11@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 20:15:34 -0000 I'm rapidly wondering if building this way should become unsupported. Too muxh unknown stuff is needed at startup and wed have to load all firmware bits to make it remotely work. On Dec 17, 2013 2:08 PM, "Steve Kargl" wrote: > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 12:20:53PM +0100, Niclas Zeising wrote: > > > > To get VT switching when using KMS drivers (ATI, Intel) please use > > newcons: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons or if that is not possible, > > force the use of the vesa driver for xorg. > > > > It appears that newcons is unusable with a static kernel. > Adding 'device drm2' and 'device i915kms' to my kernel > config results in a quick death to 'make buldkernel'. > > -- > Steve > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >