Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 18:55:36 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Bertram Scharpf <lists@bertram-scharpf.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X won't start Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1512031854180.5210@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20151203222137.GA1111@becker.bs.l> References: <20151203174008.GA98937@becker.bs.l> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1512031338070.24164@wonkity.com> <20151203222137.GA1111@becker.bs.l>
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On Thu, 3 Dec 2015, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > On Thursday, 03. Dec 2015, 13:42:25 -0700, Warren Block wrote: >> On Thu, 3 Dec 2015, Bertram Scharpf wrote: >>> >>> Section "Device" >>> Identifier "Card0" >>> Driver "intel" >>> BusID "PCI:0:2:0" >>> EndSection >>> >>> # pciconf -lv | grep -A 4 vga >>> vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0x803a103c chip=0x16068086 rev=0x08 hdr=0x00 >>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation' >>> device = 'Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics' >>> class = display >>> subclass = VGA >>> >>> Looks good, doesn't it? Besides that, Linux on the same >>> machine uses the "intel" driver successfully. >> >> Broadwell is not yet supported by the intel driver version in FreeBSD. >> At present, vesa must be used. > > Arrgh! That hurts. It is already the second built-in device > that is not supported. (The other one is the RTL8723BE > wirelass card.) > > What does "not yet"/"at present" mean? Is there currently > work on it? I would not mind to contribute, not least > because I now own an excellent testing environment. Work is going on right now. The freebsd-x11 mailing list is the place to look: http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11
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