Intel driver patch 11.0

Kostik Belousov kostikbel at gmail.com
Wed Nov 2 16:54:07 UTC 2011


On Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 09:31:01AM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 12:57 AM, Kostik Belousov <kostikbel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The patch 11.0 contains the merge of the latest Linux changes after the
> > 3.2 merge window was opened. Mostly, there are fixes for (e)DP, which I
> > am not convinced are working on FreeBSD at all, and further support for
> > the not yet released IvyBridge.
> >
> > Also, I fixed a FreeBSD-specific regression in GEM which seems to cause
> > random GPU hangs several people reported to me.
> >
> > Still no estimation of the time when the code will be committed in HEAD.
> > I am sorry, but this is not under my control.
> 
> Any idea when vty switching might show up? Or is it still too much a
> glimmer in the distance to guess?
> 
> vty switching is the main feature that is still missing for people
> like me who don't use advanced capabilities for gaming or eye candy.

vt switching requires integration of KMS and syscons. I do not plan to
work on the glue.
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