From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 12 14:44:07 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8193F1065697 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:44:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gizmo.2hip.net (gizmo.2hip.net [64.74.207.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 324238FC16 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:44:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (adsl-19-213-63.bna.bellsouth.net [68.19.213.63]) (authenticated bits=0) by gizmo.2hip.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nACEi4ik025263 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:44:05 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) From: Robert Noland To: Pierre Guinoiseau In-Reply-To: <4AFBCED9.8030207@poildetroll.net> References: <1257872944.39176.8.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <4AFBCED9.8030207@poildetroll.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: FreeBSD Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:43:59 -0600 Message-Id: <1258037039.2304.4.camel@balrog.2hip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RDNS_DYNAMIC, SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on gizmo.2hip.net Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org, "b. f." Subject: Re: xorg ports roadmap? X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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, 12 Nov 2009 14:44:07 -0000 On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 10:01 +0100, Pierre Guinoiseau wrote: > Robert Noland wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 00:18 +0000, b. f. wrote: > >> What plans are there, if any, for an xorg update in Ports after 8.0 is > >> released? What versions of the key xorg ports will be included in > >> such an update? Are there any patches available, or a repository with > >> public access, as in the past? Is rnoland@ the only person working on > >> this? > > > > AFAIK, yes... I'm intending to update to at least basic set of 7.5 > > ports. There are some issues that need to be resolved though. We can't > > update the Intel driver without losing drm support and the current > > driver doesn't build against Xserver 1.7.1. This is probably not a > > major patch-up job, but I haven't looked at it in detail yet. > > About this Intel driver problem, is there any GEM/KMS implementation > currently planned for the FreeBSD kernel ? I have WIP branches for GEM and TTM. I haven't done anything towards KMS yet. Both GEM and TTM are non-trivial ports though and my current work queue, I don't have an ETA on having anything functional. robert. > The other > > main issue is that updating libdrm will break nouveau support and I > > haven't decided what to do about that yet. > > > > I'm happy to have help as my TODO list is quite lengthy and so it tends > > to be more a question of what I feel like working on on any given day. > > We just need to figure out how to effectively coordinate multiple > > peoples efforts. > > > > I have many of the ports updated in my cvs tree, but a full review of > > currently shipping versions needs to be done, as well as resolve the > > issues mentioned above. > > > > robert. > > > >> Regards, > >> b. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Robert Noland FreeBSD