Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:04:32 -0400 From: Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org> To: Michael Gmelin <grembo@freebsd.org> Cc: "Russell L. Carter" <rcarter@pinyon.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Haswell support - Any updates? Message-ID: <20150917190426.GE88816@mutt-hardenedbsd.hardenedbsd.dev> In-Reply-To: <B01EFEE3-4970-432C-A6A1-C59784914EAB@freebsd.org> References: <09A515F2-44BA-4DF0-9792-D4C56EEB9D7C@FreeBSD.org> <CAASDrVnuVfOsJvNuOsAQaHYRQqFenH%2B3=wNDBO5GR5j2KgxsxQ@mail.gmail.com> <114F22EF-61E3-4D75-84FB-9D6E3FBCB8F3@FreeBSD.org> <20150917131333.GN1247@egr.msu.edu> <CAASDrVnNuh%2BjT-%2BZFTriPELfOB78accBqGmrVUE-MDgDPZoicA@mail.gmail.com> <20150917134809.GA3025@c720-r276659> <55FAD5EF.5030001@pcbsd.org> <20150917174035.GA1730@c720-r276659> <55FB050A.2080500@pinyon.org> <B01EFEE3-4970-432C-A6A1-C59784914EAB@freebsd.org>
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--ep0oHQY+/Gbo/zt0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 08:54:37PM +0200, Michael Gmelin wrote: >=20 >=20 > > On 17 Sep 2015, at 20:23, Russell L. Carter <rcarter@pinyon.org> wrote: > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >> On 09/17/15 10:40, Matthias Apitz wrote: > >> El d????a Thursday, September 17, 2015 a las 11:02:07AM -0400, Kris Mo= ore escribi????: > >>=20 > >>> On 09/17/2015 09:48, Matthias Apitz wrote: > >>>> El d????a Thursday, September 17, 2015 a las 10:41:43PM +0900, Lundb= erg, Johannes escribi????: > >>>>=20 > >>>>> Same here. I would personally definitely buy new hardware from Inte= l if > >>>>> FreeBSD worked on it (not vesa...) > >>>>> ... > >>>> What dow you have against vesa? I run CURRENT on some Acer C720 > >>>> Chromebooks with Haswell chipset in Vesa mode. And you will not note= it. > >>>> I have never ever had such a fast desktop (KDE4) before. I can live = fine > >>>> with Vesa until Haswell suport is there. > >>>>=20 > >>>> matthias > >>>=20 > >>> BTW, have you tried the xf86-video-scfb driver? It works much better > >>> than vesa here. The only catch is you have to be booted UEFI with CSM > >>> disabled. Using it on my X1 Carbon, gets 3k resolution properly and > >>> everything. Thanks to Glen Barber for bringing that to my attention. > >>=20 > >> The Chromebook Acer C720 does not has UEFI; it runs Coreboot with > >> SeaBIOS as payload. > >>=20 > >> The Xorg runs fine without any xorg.conf file, just detects the video = as > >> Vesa with 1366x768 resolution, the max of the 11" screen of this > >> netbook. > >=20 > > Do you have 802.11n and hibernate working on that c720? I put linux on > > mine for that reason. Although despite immense efforts I can't get > > the trackpad to be detected. I tried bringing up 10.2 on it but > > couldn't get it to boot. These things are just awesome. 4G memory > > + i3 + 6hr battery for $240 delivered. > >=20 >=20 > It's all in CURRENT, see http://blog.grem.de/pages/c720.html. >=20 > Brightness control is done through graphics/intel-backlight (should work = on other Intel GPUs as well). Auto-brightness control works as well (using = the new isl driver). HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT BEFORE?!? I'm happy to report that's working on my Lenovo Y50-70 laptop. Thanks for the hint. >=20 > HDMI works in VESA mode (mirrors the internal display). It suspends but w= on't resume, probably due to video, I was never able to really figure that = one out. Tried an early version of 915i about half a year ago with limited = success, will try again at/after EuroBSDCon. >=20 > There are a couple of people who helped me testing and most of them seem = quite happy with the results (no suspend/resume being the only real caveat). >=20 > - Michael >=20 > > Russell > >=20 > >> matthias > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --=20 Shawn Webb HardenedBSD GPG Key ID: 0x6A84658F52456EEE GPG Key Fingerprint: 2ABA B6BD EF6A F486 BE89 3D9E 6A84 658F 5245 6EEE --ep0oHQY+/Gbo/zt0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJV+w64AAoJEGqEZY9SRW7uI78P/j9oxGRjlxatbV0SEHcjzguV /gwo8GEY77KTL7Dv7G4eBQyWUW9y+yxhgYRrX/yNDQ+zFQJwAzzOwkEgGyEmLzeo E5iNL2VWcl0Y8J1iykz0n3lc2sPtjhFrh42OaHrXkz/8uOTjxquPfZAV8NE0cQs2 IF7OPOC/3MDr+SA6sLkxANwvqN1zXfGZ23iB5JLdhgcWn7kmOrTQ/LRl4fg+RtH4 dTvKDhlFekWjQmXp6VSy2b8+D2ozGlE54kx5lr7VH6+NqsqyNo4U+J8dCldkphfO GDrDcgWicd6GhdfYCuyVOBpRcLQNbx8E7PQSDqW45LfCjkvIPQvrmukyCEcXwIX/ 7eG8QsisIIFHAUIAT7sFPCaj6IVu4R+TP2OAHoy5qjTebDxZIqqnxUNKydcAc7rH +DrwWib1+AcQzF+v3TDFMYAiU/4fnzc4TKwCWToJe9a2KE+gsRpKdc1Sdb5ChkqW 17GjPGcUAzlhHcFjQboX3fOieN9WBTo+8+FhqxQvaOFZ3YVxCKgQafauF6DSXdHR kvbncSVwBH2vAbHxGHwaS5CCOCEEQSaWCtwr8WyU6NzGRr8w2tYQJDJvoHfdDSDO 7iy9vMvPld2dTfAo4S0dD3KBes3zSHg0gHfD1OXnjUFYSWW+b7AHACFuq/eZEPZj Rk1+qLzQgXY803hJODA+ =uIo4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ep0oHQY+/Gbo/zt0--
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