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Date:      Mon, 5 Nov 2018 12:23:08 -0500
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>, Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org>, current <current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: drm changes and updating to 12.0
Message-ID:  <23520.31868.775969.324314@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfoeDcfKMPj6Z2wOZdAR8HX48pC8NmGfGY6uOW9Fr4DBrQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Warner Losh writes:

>      I'm curious where 2013 comes from. I know that Intel Sandy Bridg=
e graphics
>      is supported with VAAPI acceleration by drm-stable-kmod, since i=
t i working
>      on the system I am using to send this message. I bought it in 20=
11, the
>      year Sandy Bridge was introduced to production products.
>
>  2013 is "five year old hardware or newer". It's a number I pulled ou=
t of the
>  air when trying to nail down the group in describing who should use =
what.
>  Giving code names would also work. Sandy Bridge and newer, though, i=
s confusing
>  to people.=A0 I'd use 2011 as the release date for Sandy Bridge, but=
 then what
>  about the AMD other GPUs=3F
> =20
>  If there's a better way to message what's supported, I'm all ears.

=09Lacking a better plan: is there a list of which card/gpu is
currently known to work with which drm(-kmod) version, perhaps
gathered from those involved with development=3F  (Is this based on wor=
k
from Linux=3F If so, do they have a list=3F)



=09=09=09Respectfully,


=09=09=09=09Robert Huff




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