Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 17:32:32 +0200 From: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Haswell support - Any updates? Message-ID: <20150917173232.1c9f42d9.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <55FADB38.7000406@pcbsd.org> References: <55FA7324.5010603@icloud.com> <CAASDrV=D6viCDJx9yT5CiNf1ukiz_Rp1k5wqpk92xSyiNQTEqg@mail.gmail.com> <CAPS9%2BSuYq6JqzX=aHNgD=y5SUnBQ4x_Amk-6B0bvKc6kRQ5YVA@mail.gmail.com> <CAASDrVnxZ8MUmgCO-cFRVatUMQS1LHU-4XASSJckzp_FJbvd2w@mail.gmail.com> <09A515F2-44BA-4DF0-9792-D4C56EEB9D7C@FreeBSD.org> <CAASDrVnuVfOsJvNuOsAQaHYRQqFenH%2B3=wNDBO5GR5j2KgxsxQ@mail.gmail.com> <114F22EF-61E3-4D75-84FB-9D6E3FBCB8F3@FreeBSD.org> <20150917131333.GN1247@egr.msu.edu> <CAASDrVnNuh%2BjT-%2BZFTriPELfOB78accBqGmrVUE-MDgDPZoicA@mail.gmail.com> <20150917134809.GA3025@c720-r276659> <55FAD5EF.5030001@pcbsd.org> <20150917171958.046e4b6b.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <55FADB38.7000406@pcbsd.org>
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--Sig_/MTrW6xd9kyiOOulhQIT9rrj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am Thu, 17 Sep 2015 11:24:40 -0400 Kris Moore <kris@pcbsd.org> schrieb: > On 09/17/2015 11:19, O. Hartmann wrote: > > Am Thu, 17 Sep 2015 11:02:07 -0400 > > Kris Moore <kris@pcbsd.org> schrieb: > > > >> On 09/17/2015 09:48, Matthias Apitz wrote: > >>> El d=C3=ADa Thursday, September 17, 2015 a las 10:41:43PM +0900, Lund= berg, Johannes > >>> escribi=C3=B3: > >>> > >>>> Same here. I would personally definitely buy new hardware from Intel= if > >>>> FreeBSD worked on it (not vesa...) > >>>> ... > >>> What dow you have against vesa? I run CURRENT on some Acer C720 > >>> Chromebooks with Haswell chipset in Vesa mode. And you will not note = it. > >>> I have never ever had such a fast desktop (KDE4) before. I can live f= ine > >>> with Vesa until Haswell suport is there. > >>> > >>> matthias > >> BTW, have you tried the xf86-video-scfb driver? It works much better > >> than vesa here. The only catch is you have to be booted UEFI with CSM > >> disabled. Using it on my X1 Carbon, gets 3k resolution properly and > >> everything. Thanks to Glen Barber for bringing that to my attention. > >> > > Running that specific driver on several Lenovo HD4600 driven models giv= es me headaches > > and more. This software-framebuffer works - yes, on whatever resolution= you might > > wish, but it consumes CPU time. That said, I recall that the display wa= s jumpy, slow > > and unresponsive when used under heavy load - not even 3k resolution, b= ut with a > > moderate lowend of 1980x1080. >=20 > Interesting, that's been the opposite of my experience here. Vesa was > much slower / using more CPU time and didn't give me the native > resolution. Switching to scfb made the laptop "usable" for me, at least > until we get a proper Intel driver that does Broadwell. >=20 ... as I said - VESA is unwilling to cooperate at higher resolutions, so I = do not have any comparison parameters fro the specific single hardware. VESA was slow i= n the past - compared to the nVidia BLOB or the X11 AMD HD 48XX drivers. --Sig_/MTrW6xd9kyiOOulhQIT9rrj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJV+t0QAAoJEOgBcD7A/5N8ro4IAJZZxWcUNPEwxTjL8KVR93k5 kqtm5cW8t1w61cXoKi+JOOfgsUS/vUO7fPnJFyjgwYwAdLDJHXQaDy+QIS58E9Dd kP6kU+s0SvC71DuyujU8C+m/pkdSUT0S9Cn7NImXMifaiWJPhX7wHfQ/BZwfL1Ym FjbRM5/MCaSyc/2uZyM3huREeH5Co1VRTYxTfekT4l074g1EwQo4aiSYri5u5sc/ 1+VFSWFLYvvvJPQwjPyUfWvuoql47mN88J+lNSFNggVPO9O1wviSWC04mhLqecwP gwK8N9Vsp5UHaBCeyApFNCP8fDbXYgcbwpkTUOX/PS7qjOfSQP6U5Ij58UhrunY= =v99z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/MTrW6xd9kyiOOulhQIT9rrj--
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