From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 28 02:32:01 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C77501065672 for ; Wed, 28 Dec 2011 02:32:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from LukeD@pobox.com) Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com [74.115.168.62]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B31D8FC08 for ; Wed, 28 Dec 2011 02:32:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D4DA8DA3 for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:16:45 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=date:from :reply-to:to:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-type; s= sasl; bh=kTRC9y7zKN4j2IlI0ovxw4CgQ88=; b=MDw3q5BrDbNHZpzemMmgQOp 755dcueXf/F6MhX7rS5b9IJ4USo5uBNqOz7+++sYroPFdrunptm+rOfh+DxR6jFJ 2Od+s+MgIz8PhAfZ38k6OM8x2kd9UbYdXOnepDiUjROPsz9BvS81OaKO0+7dBehY pJVfBuBzk6UTOl0RuHe0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=date:from :reply-to:to:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-type; q= dns; s=sasl; b=aMqhkcPEBIQj+wpnQ4l3iIBj4oA/f7TaqHm7p3wWmN3TjKlq+ oMXmuFm092sg41hNhjyJCPwPmQXynfu7n+LXoXdcbhqw0E+8zpBXD3B+jbdx9hgz tFDeYIbVKCRYkO0CLPsEizzkMPgCVRjATou5GLlelqRTg93J/IjPOxvsW8= Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 647748DA2 for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:16:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from tower.lukas.is-a-geek.org (unknown [50.35.181.63]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B32B88DA1 for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:16:44 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:16:40 -0800 (PST) From: Luke Dean X-X-Sender: lukas@tower.lukas.is-a-geek.org To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Pobox-Relay-ID: FD0C5264-30F9-11E1-9E51-65B1DE995924-96347044!a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com Cc: Subject: Intel EMGD driver on FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Luke Dean List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 02:32:01 -0000 I've recently acquired an Asus Eee PC 1201HAB netbook with GMA500 "Poulsbo" video. My research and experiments show that this hardware is not supported by the usual mainstream Intel driver. The only driver that I seem to have any luck with at all under FreeBSD is vesa, but even vesa has problems. The latest news I've read from the Linux world is that Intel's EMGD "Embedded Media and Graphics Driver" is the current best solution. If I'm reading the FAQ correctly, the bits I need the most are closed source. http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/embedded/hwsw/software/emgd#faqs Aside from being nailed down to a specific version of OpenGL, I had good experiences using the Nvidia binary blob driver under FreeBSD. I'd be willing to endure that same kind of situation again if that's the only way to get any kind of video acceleration out of this hardware. Is anyone working on making the EMGD work under FreeBSD? Would it make sense to try?