Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 14:18:20 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Jamie Griffin <griffin8j@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Determining Video Hardware For "WITH_NEW_XORG" Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1408041230520.16087@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <53DF42C2.1000707@gmail.com> References: <53DF42C2.1000707@gmail.com>
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On Mon, 4 Aug 2014, Jamie Griffin wrote: > Hi > > Having looked at dmesg output and the information provided by FreeBSD devs > about supported video hardware for WITH_NEW_XORG compilation knob, I would > like to ask if you can confirm what I have determined my video hardware is: > > from dmesg: > agp0: Intel Q45 SVGA controller > > from pciconf: > vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0x304817aa chip=0x2e128086 > rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller' > class = display > subclass = VGA > vgapci1@pci0:0:2:1: class=0x038000 card=0x304817aa chip=0x2e138086 > rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller' > class = display > > So my graphics hardware is codename 'Eaglelake' with device id 2e12. Really, it's easier to tell based on which processor. The Q45 is Core2, I think. > Does this mean this hardware is too old and therefore unsupported by the new > xorg software and necessary components? No, as far as I know only the very newest is not yet supported: the Haswell chips and maybe the weird video in the new Atoms. > As I use KDE4 - version 4.10.5 currently - will I have to stick with the > pkg(8) url "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/release/0" for upgrading and > installing packages? > > Or, can I still build the software on the machine using poudriere and specify > 'WITHOUT_NEW_XORG' in order to benefit from the latest releases of KDE et al? Again, as far as I know, you can use the latest Intel KMS driver.
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