Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2018 21:50:26 -0800 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org> Cc: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: drm changes and updating to 12.0 Message-ID: <CAN6yY1taje760G6CyGcEmTA%2BcNVZJRvdGyhQxtqT%2BKB3LX7AgA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b14d5373-1016-195a-a448-f13f74a4412d@freebsd.org> References: <23519.18601.670359.184297@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <b14d5373-1016-195a-a448-f13f74a4412d@freebsd.org>
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On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 12:15 PM Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 11/4/18 8:29 PM, Robert Huff wrote: > > > > I have a set of older machines (e.g. AMD Phenom II, Radeon HD3300 > > gpu) which will be updated from 11.<smallnum> to 12.0 once 12 is out > > and the initial round of bugs are squashed. > > One system is being done now, to allow time to catch any major > > problems and then plan the update process. > > Looking at src/UPDATING, the only thing I don't understand is the > > whole drm-kmod change. Is there an authoritative write-up on what's > > going on, how to choose the right drivers for my hardware, and how to > > do this from source without forcing a fresh install? > > > > We are working on better documentation for this, but the main highlights > are: In most cases graphics/drm-kmod should suffice, especially on > somewhat modern hardware. You can also install any of the drm-*-kmod > ports directly, if you want a specific version. In general graphics > hardware older than from 2013 requires drm-legacy-kmod instead. > drm-kmod will also install drm-legacy-kmod on i386. > > The same drivers in drm-legacy-kmod is also available in base on 12, so > you can use the base drivers. This is deprecated however, and not the > case for 13-CURRENT. > > You can install the drivers either from pkg, if you are using the > GENERIC kernel, or build from ports if you have a customized kernel or > if you are tracking for instance 12-STABLE or 13-CURRENT. > > If you are using drm-legacy-kmod or the base driver with AMD graphics > cards you might also need to install xf86-video-ati-legacy rather than > xf86-video-ati. > > Regards > -- > Niclas Zeising I'm curious where 2013 comes from. I know that Intel Sandy Bridge graphics is supported with VAAPI acceleration by drm-stable-kmod, since it i working on the system I am using to send this message. I bought it in 2011, the year Sandy Bridge was introduced to production products. In general, when in doubt, I'd try drm-stable-kmod for questionable devices and fall back to drm-legacy-kmod it it fails. If y0ou use ports, I'd build both paskages to make it easier to recover if drm-stable-kmod fails. Also, be sure to make the proper adjustments to /etc/rc.conf as per the package message. -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683
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