Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 17:10:37 +0100 From: Christoph Brinkhaus <c.brinkhaus@t-online.de> To: Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg crashes several times a day Message-ID: <YA2b/YXHBxSQNJl%2B@esprimo> In-Reply-To: <YA2W7X/f755XOunb@admin.sibptus.ru> References: <YAz90Yiz1YC/wynK@admin.sibptus.ru> <YA0GKKpp%2BGwSlcgt@admin.sibptus.ru> <YA0V%2Bx3ghdHrVu%2Bd@mithril> <YA1aicfQ91LVNzi3@admin.sibptus.ru> <YA2D%2B3xVObtbPoPN@admin.sibptus.ru> <YA2TJcrZK6L3bSmD@esprimo> <YA2W7X/f755XOunb@admin.sibptus.ru>
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Am Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 10:49:01PM +0700 schrieb Victor Sudakov: > Christoph Brinkhaus wrote: > > [dd] > > > > > > > But really, is the graphics/drm-kmod port really necessary and why? The > > > default FreeBSD installation already contains /boot/kernel/i915kms.ko > > > and /boot/kernel/drm2.ko, and I load them from rc.conf. > > > > > > Is anything wrong with them? > > > > According to the FreeBSD Forum the packages are build for the oldest > > supported branches. For the 12 series it is currently 12.1. The > > drm-fbsd12.0-kmod is one of the very rare cases where is a conflict > > between FreeBSD-12.1 and FreeBSD-12.2 exists. Therefore it must be > > build from ports for FreeBSD-12.2 installations until FreeBSD-12.1 is > > end of life. > > My question was a bit different. I am sorry for my misunderstanding. > > Why are the /boot/kernel/i915kms.ko and /boot/kernel/drm2.ko modules, > those that come with the GENERIC kernel, not good enough? > > There is no problem keeping *them* in sync with the current installation. At least i915kms.ko works fine with my setup. It is loaded via kld_list="i915kms" in /etc/rc.conf. Iif I am not wrong it should get the module from /boot/kernel/i915kms.ko. The module works together with the Intel driver xf86-video-intel. I have no experience with the drm2.ko module. In the past there have been entries in the Xorg.log that the driver will be discontinued at FreeBSD-13. There is still a lot of time until I have to upgrade to FreeBSD-13. Therefore I have ignored the warning and the hassle with the compilation of the drm stuff. With the newest Intel driver even the warning in the Xorg.log is gone. Kind regards, Christoph
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