Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 17:30:07 +0100 From: Koop Mast <kwm@rainbow-runner.nl> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Subscribeubject: Re: Trying to run Broadwell Message-ID: <1450715407.4386.3.camel@rainbow-runner.nl> In-Reply-To: <164907.85411.bm@smtp115.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <56746186.7000107@dumbbell.fr> <164907.85411.bm@smtp115.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, 2015-12-21 at 09:46 +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > Sorry for the delay in the response. > > > So the branch drm-i915-update-38 does not include Broadwell or > > Skylake > > support. Compared to what is currently in HEAD, we will gain > > initial > > support for Haswell and Valley View. By "initial", I mean > > experimental > > and unstable. We will need code from Linux 3.9 and 3.10 to have a > > more > > robust support for those two GPU families. > > > If you are willing to help, you are very welcome! Before committing > > this > > branch, we need to fix any regressions with currently supported > > GPUs. Do > > you have access to Sandybridge or Ivy Bridge computers? > > > If you prefer to work on bringing new code from Linux, please fork > > my > > drm-i915-update-38 branch and try to import commits from Linux 3.9. > > I > > don't know what's the best course of actions: either one commit at > > a > > time or one file at a time. Are you interested in this task? > > > Jean-S<E9>bastien P<E9>dron > > I have one Sandybridge and one Ivy Bridge computer. > > One question, before I proceed/resume and do the wrong thing: > > Can I safely make buildworld, installworld and kernel from drm-i915- > update-38 branch and later switch back to regular /usr/src branch > with svn? Please see https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/Update%20i915%20GPU%20driv er%20to%20Linux%203.8#How_to_test which also list how to install the kernel on a non-default space and make the next reboot use that kernel. -Koop > > I believe importing commits from Linux 3.9 would require > modifications because of the difference between Linux and FreeBSD? > > Tom > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > "
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