Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 20:54:30 +0000 (UTC) From: Niclas Zeising <zeising@FreeBSD.org> To: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-branches@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r485046 - branches/2018Q4/graphics/drm-legacy-kmod Message-ID: <201811152054.wAFKsUIs093095@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: zeising Date: Thu Nov 15 20:54:29 2018 New Revision: 485046 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/485046 Log: MFH: r484321 r484330 graphics/drm-legacy-kmod: rewrite pkg-descr Rewrite pkg-descr in drm-legacy-kmod to closer match reality, and point people towards graphics/drm-kmod. graphics/drm-legacy-kmod: Add pkg-message Add pkg-message to graphics/drm-legacy-kmod giving some instructions for how to load modules and point people to xf86-video-ati-legacy in case of problems with the ATI/AMD legacy driver and X. Approved by: portmgr (drm-drivers blanket) Added: branches/2018Q4/graphics/drm-legacy-kmod/pkg-message - copied unchanged from r484330, head/graphics/drm-legacy-kmod/pkg-message Modified: branches/2018Q4/graphics/drm-legacy-kmod/Makefile branches/2018Q4/graphics/drm-legacy-kmod/pkg-descr Directory Properties: branches/2018Q4/ (props changed) Modified: branches/2018Q4/graphics/drm-legacy-kmod/Makefile ============================================================================== --- branches/2018Q4/graphics/drm-legacy-kmod/Makefile Thu Nov 15 20:50:22 2018 (r485045) +++ branches/2018Q4/graphics/drm-legacy-kmod/Makefile Thu Nov 15 20:54:29 2018 (r485046) @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ PORTNAME= drm-legacy-kmod PORTVERSION= g20181031 +PORTREVISION= 1 CATEGORIES= graphics MAINTAINER= jmd@FreeBSD.org Modified: branches/2018Q4/graphics/drm-legacy-kmod/pkg-descr ============================================================================== --- branches/2018Q4/graphics/drm-legacy-kmod/pkg-descr Thu Nov 15 20:50:22 2018 (r485045) +++ branches/2018Q4/graphics/drm-legacy-kmod/pkg-descr Thu Nov 15 20:54:29 2018 (r485046) @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ -Legacy DRM bits that used to be in base before their removal prior to release -of 12.0. For newer Intel and AMD hardware, please use one of the LinuxKPI-based -ports (drm-next-kmod, drm-stable-kmod, drm-devel-kmod). +Legacy DRM driver that used to be in FreeBSD base before the removal in FreeBSD +13. For newer Intel and AMD hardware, please use graphics/drm-kmod which will +pick an appropriate driver for your system. + +This version is mostly current with Linux 3.8 in terms of hardware support. WWW: https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/drm-legacy Copied: branches/2018Q4/graphics/drm-legacy-kmod/pkg-message (from r484330, head/graphics/drm-legacy-kmod/pkg-message) ============================================================================== --- /dev/null 00:00:00 1970 (empty, because file is newly added) +++ branches/2018Q4/graphics/drm-legacy-kmod/pkg-message Thu Nov 15 20:54:29 2018 (r485046, copy of r484330, head/graphics/drm-legacy-kmod/pkg-message) @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +The drm-legacy-kmod port can be enabled for older Intel and ATI/AMD graphics +adapters as well as legacy graphics adapters through kld_list in /etc/rc.conf. + +Simply add kld_list="/boot/modules/[driver].ko to /etc/rc.conf, for example +kld_list="/boot/modules/i915kms.ko" for the intel GPU driver or +kld_list="/boot/modules/radeonkms.ko" for the ATI/AMD GPU driver. + +Please ensure that all users requiring graphics are members of the +"video" group. + +If you are having trouble with ATI/AMD graphics cards and X, try installing +xf86-video-ati-legacy instead of xf86-video-ati.
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