Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 09:59:06 +0200 From: Johannes Lundberg <johalun0@gmail.com> To: Grzegorz Junka <list1@gjunka.com> Cc: "hps@freebsd.org" <hps@freebsd.org>, x11-list freebsd <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is Radeon RX Vega 64 supported by drm-next? Message-ID: <CAECmPwviMmTWEqxErMNx-ufex%2B0Ortn=QMSso=w3bkZay8DJdA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <dc6e256d-2344-7e22-dd40-16f2444f39db@gjunka.com> References: <f7f3afe3-8247-b49e-1b90-01eb87a4e33c@gjunka.com> <d0b3a2fd-de8f-5ff0-3e32-114f836e857d@gjunka.com> <CAECmPwuCr5t5W2XsgHdw9QgZZYbDWjYruVQpr65snm6t6mwG8g@mail.gmail.com> <e5ac8d8a-ff85-bf71-9a38-c05c1cdf332a@gjunka.com> <CAECmPwsEwwFy4HLh5hzAtwAGP1hUOqAVcrattK%2BSYd%2BdK_LpEg@mail.gmail.com> <dc6e256d-2344-7e22-dd40-16f2444f39db@gjunka.com>
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On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 09:40 Grzegorz Junka <list1@gjunka.com> wrote: > Did you mean 12-STABLE? > No, 11-STABLE. 4.15 support will be merged in 11 source tree soon but won= =E2=80=99t make it into a release until 11.3. You can checkout a snapshot of 11-STABLE until then. > > Let me reiterate to check if I've got it right. To support Vega I need to > compile kernel >=3D1200066 from sources + kms-drm from drm-v4.15 branch. = If > that's correct, will kernel 12x work with 11.1/11.2 userland or I will ne= ed > to update to FreeBSD 12? > You=E2=80=99ll need a recent 12-CURRENT world with recent 12-CURRENT kernel= . If you want to stay with 11, check with hps@ (cc:d) when he plan to backport 4.15 support into 11-STABLE. > > Thanks again for help > GrzegorzJ > > > On 18/06/2018 07:23, Johannes Lundberg wrote: > > Support for 4.15 wont be in until 11.3-RELEASE but it will be in 11-STABL= E > soon though. > > 11.2 supports up to 4.11. > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 09:20 Grzegorz Junka <list1@gjunka.com> wrote: > >> On 18/06/2018 07:04, Johannes Lundberg wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 8:56 AM Grzegorz Junka <list1@gjunka.com> wrote: >> >>> On 17/06/2018 17:29, Grzegorz Junka wrote: >>> > Hello All >>> > >>> > According to various sources (including posts to freebsd-x11) >>> > drm-stable-kmod supports Polaris (RX 4xx/5xx). Does it mean that >>> > drm-next-kmod supports RX Vega? >>> > >>> > According to Wikipedia Radeon RX 580 is GCN 4th gen: >>> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Radeon_500_series >>> > >>> > Which is the last generation before Vega, which in Wikipedia is marke= d >>> > as GCN 5th gen: >>> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units >>> > >>> > So there is no other GPU left between them. There is also nothing els= e >>> > beyond Vega, which suggests that the only difference between >>> > drm-stable and drm-next is the additional support for the latest GPU = - >>> > Vega. Or I am missing something? >>> >>> Answering my own question, looks like preliminary Radeon RX Vega suppor= t >>> landed in Linux 4.12 with full support in 4.14/15. So it seems there is >>> no additional Radeon GPU supported in drm-next-kmod (Linux 4.11) that >>> isn't already supported in drm-stable-kmod (Linux 4.9). The differences >>> seem to be down to improvements in VM drivers and power management. >>> Please let me know if you have other information. >>> >>> Another question, is it possible to estimate work/time before >>> Wayland/drm-kmod on FreeBSD supports Linux 4.12/14/15 or NVidia cards? >>> >> >> You can try building the drm-v4.15 branch from source. It should work no= w >> with stock kernel (>=3D1200066). >> https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/kms-drm >> >> I use it on my AMD Ryzen 3 2200G APU. >> >> We're getting ready to release 4.15 as a port, however it's not bug free >> yet so it will be a -devel port. >> >> >> Sounds great! Sorry for a n00bie question. Once support for drm-kmod >> lands in the 11.2 kernel, will support for newer linuxkpi KMS APIs (i.e. >> 4.15) also require kernel changes or they will be supported through port= s? >> I don't quite know how the support for linuxkpi drivers is split between >> the kernel and userland. >> >> Thanks >> GrzegorzJ >> > >
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