Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:33:15 +1100 From: Brendan Inglese <brendan.inglese@gmail.com> To: Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> Cc: Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Broadwell Support FreeBSD 10.1 Message-ID: <CAN9SZg_WoLp3C0xpwnNWAa0EphCWEtz=aTjiHjeGBWcBgqeSdg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <550F570E.80305@marspolar.com> References: <550F50F6.7060306@marspolar.com> <20150322234900.GI13428@hub.FreeBSD.org> <550F570E.80305@marspolar.com>
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What a coincidence, I'm looking at getting a Broadwell micro PC. I'm looking at this Broadwell model: http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4888#ov At the moment, I don't mind not having X but I would like it eventually, is there any idea on when Iris Pro support would be done? If not for a while are discrete Nvidia cards such as the 760 ( Which another model has ) which I can find in http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5156#ov stable? Last time I used X with a GTX680 it would crash twice a week. Cheers, Brendan. On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com > wrote: > I have a 4th gen core i3 running PC-BSD 10.1 in which I let the installer > do its thing. It uses zfs for / but it's not encrypted. It gave me the > laptop's native res which I think is 1366 x 768. I have a 4th gen desktop > installed the same way which is giving me 1920x1080. > > I'm not sure how it dealt with the hard drive. I'd have to check. > > Marek Novotny > https://github.com/marek-novotny > > > On 03/22/2015 04:49 PM, Glen Barber wrote: > >> On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 04:32:06PM -0700, Marek Novotny wrote: >> >>> New to this group, and new to FreeBSD via PC-BSD. Really like it so far. >>> Sorry if this has been asked to death already. Levono has their new T450 >>> with the 5th gen intel Broadwell i5 processor. I bought it with the >>> hopes of >>> running PC-BSD latest version on it. It uses intel 5500 graphics as well. >>> Any potential issues using this?? >>> >>> You won't be able to use accelerated graphics. >> >> I have the T540p which has the i7-4800MQ, and am quite happy with >> running FreeBSD CURRENT on it. I don't care about accelerated graphics >> too much, though. >> >> One nit with the laptop is I needed to use an external USB flash drive >> to store /boot on an MBR partition, because my hard drives are >> GPT-partitioned using ZFS on '/' on GELI-encrypted providers. >> Otherwise, I have noticed that using the /boot on the GPT disk enforces >> low resolution graphics (640x480 IIRC). >> >> By using a USB flash drive for /boot, I can get 1920x1080 resolution >> (one of the many reasons for choosing this laptop). >> >> (I've been meaning to put this into the FreeBSD Wiki, but EBUSY.) >> >> Glen >> >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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