Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 20:31:24 +0000 (UTC) From: Rene Ladan <rene@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r52500 - in head: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11 share/xml Message-ID: <201811202031.wAKKVOWl011168@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: rene Date: Tue Nov 20 20:31:24 2018 New Revision: 52500 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/52500 Log: Add a note on the new graphics drivers imported from Linux to the X11 chapter of the Handbook. Submitted by: debdrup@gmail.com Reviewed by: bcr, rene, zeising Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D17690 Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml head/share/xml/trademarks.ent Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml Mon Nov 19 15:36:11 2018 (r52499) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml Tue Nov 20 20:31:24 2018 (r52500) @@ -413,7 +413,42 @@ <sect2 xml:id="x-config-video-cards"> <title>Video Cards</title> + <para>Because of changes made in recent versions of &os;, it + is now possible to use graphics drivers provided by the Ports + framework or as packages. As such, users can use one of the + following drivers available from + <package>graphics/drm-kmod</package>.</para> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry xml:id="x-config-video-cards-ports"> + <term>&i915kms;</term> + <term>&radeonkms;</term> + <term>&amdgpu;</term> + + <listitem> + <para>2D and 3D acceleration is supported on most + &i915kms; graphics cards provided by Intel.</para> + + <para>Driver name: <literal>i915kms</literal></para> + + <para>2D and 3D acceleration is supported on most older + &radeonkms; graphics cards provided by AMD.</para> + + <para>Driver name: <literal>radeonkms</literal></para> + + <para>2D and 3D acceleration is supported on most newer + &amdgpu; graphics cards provided by AMD.</para> + + <para>Driver name: <literal>amdgpu</literal></para> + + <para>For reference, please see <link + xlink:href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_graphics_processing_units"/>; + or <link + xlink:href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units"/>; + for a list of supported GPUs.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry xml:id="x-config-video-cards-intel"> <term>&intel;</term> Modified: head/share/xml/trademarks.ent ============================================================================== --- head/share/xml/trademarks.ent Mon Nov 19 15:36:11 2018 (r52499) +++ head/share/xml/trademarks.ent Tue Nov 20 20:31:24 2018 (r52500) @@ -394,6 +394,11 @@ Coverity, Inc.</para>"> <!ENTITY tm-attrib.xiph "<para xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>Ogg Vorbis and Xiph.Org are trademarks of Xiph.Org.</para>"> +<!-- used in the X11 chapter of the Handbook --> +<!ENTITY amdgpu "AMD KMS driver"> +<!ENTITY i915kms "Intel KMS driver"> +<!ENTITY radeonkms "Radeon KMS driver"> + <!ENTITY tm-attrib.general "<para xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this document,
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