Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 12:31:39 -0700 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: x11/nvidia-driver (340.24/340.32/343.13): nvidia BLOB doesn't recognize any display socket on Lenovo E540/UEFI and FBSD CURRENT Message-ID: <541DD61B.2030803@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409200824500.96859@wonkity.com> References: <20140919201210.72650231.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409200727510.96859@wonkity.com> <20140920161012.02844320.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409200824500.96859@wonkity.com>
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On 09/20/14 07:27, Warren Block wrote: > On Sat, 20 Sep 2014, O. Hartmann wrote: > >> Am Sat, 20 Sep 2014 07:36:21 -0600 (MDT) >> Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> schrieb: >> >>> On Fri, 19 Sep 2014, O. Hartmann wrote: >>> >>>> nVidia's BLOB from port x11/nvidia-driver seems to have problems in >>>> FreeBSD >>>> 11.0-CURRENT #2 r271869: Fri Sep 19 13:28:03 CEST 2014 amd64, on >>>> Lenovo ThinkPad Edge >>>> E540 laptop with CPU i5-4200M (Haswell) with integrated HD4600 >>>> Intel iGPU and >>>> dedicated nVidia GT 740M (Optimus) working correctly. >>> >>> Optimus is supposed to be full Intel graphics plus an Nvidia GPU. The >>> extra GPU uses the same display memory and can be enabled to speed up >>> the Intel graphics or disabled for power saving. I don't know if >>> versions where the Nvidia section is a full discrete video adapter that >>> can be used alone are still called "Optimus". >>> >>> Some Optimus owners have reported being able to use the Intel drivers >>> after disabling the Nvidia GPU in the BIOS or UEFI. If an option to >>> disable the Nvidia GPU is not present, some people have reported >>> success >>> with an xorg.conf that uses only the intel driver and ignores the >>> Nvidia >>> hardware. >> >> Thanks Warren. >> >> But this sounds even more frustrating now. I look around the web even >> at Lenovo's support >> forum. Many people report the GT 740M nVidia adaptor as a discrete >> adaptor with Optimus >> technology and everything sounds to me like it can be selected >> exclusively. What you >> describes is that I definitely need to use the HD4600 iGPU on FreeBSD >> in the first place >> since the nVidia hardware is a kind of "appendix" to the HD4600. > > Optimus started out that way, but they might use the same name now for > models where the additional GPU is a full discrete adapter. > >> Anyway, I also tried to configure X11 as HD4600 only and X11 doesn't >> work properly: it >> doesn't even start up and loading the "intel" driver complains about >> a missing device - >> preceeded by a lot of /dev/dri errors. This indicates to me, in a >> naiv manner, that this >> HD4600 isn't recodnized by the kernel, either. I do not see any kind >> of vga0: entry in >> the kernel log when enabling "Integrated Graphics" only in the >> laptop's UEFI/Firmware. >> When enabling "nVidia Optimus", a recognized vga0: device shows up. > > Whoops, HD4600 is Haswell. The intel driver on FreeBSD does not > support Haswell video yet. > Is there any kind of status update on Haswell? The wiki has the last update 11 months ago and it's becoming a major useability issue for the operating system. -Nathan
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