svn commit: r433902 - head
Matthew Rezny
rezny at FreeBSD.org
Sat Feb 11 19:03:56 UTC 2017
Author: rezny
Date: Sat Feb 11 19:03:54 2017
New Revision: 433902
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/433902
Log:
Add UPDATING entry for Xorg server 1.18.4
Reviewed by: bapt
Approved by: swills (mentor)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D9545
Modified:
head/UPDATING
Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING Sat Feb 11 18:51:41 2017 (r433901)
+++ head/UPDATING Sat Feb 11 19:03:54 2017 (r433902)
@@ -5,6 +5,27 @@ they are unavoidable.
You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time
you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades.
+20170211:
+ AFFECTS: users of x11-server/xorg-server
+ AUTHOR: rezny at FreeBSD.org
+
+ Xorg server has been updated to 1.18.4 and autodetection has changed.
+ The order in which drivers are now attempted is:
+ 1) vendor/model specific driver according to PCI IDs
+ 2) generic modesetting driver which requires a drm driver with KMS
+ 3) scfb, the generic framebuffer driver
+ 4) vesa (only if arch is x86)
+
+ This should minimize the need for xorg.conf files. It is recommended to
+ load the correct KMS driver (i915kms.ko or radeonkms.ko) via rc.conf,
+ i.e. kld_list="i915kms.ko", to ensure correct functionality. Although
+ the vendor drivers may attempt to load the correct drm driver, which
+ does not always work, the modesetting driver assumes the required KMS
+ driver is already loaded and will fail if there is none. The modesetting
+ driver is now recommended as an alternative to the Intel driver; the
+ performance is comparable and stability is better with modesetting. The
+ ATI driver continues to offer better performance than modesetting.
+
20170203:
AFFECTS: users of security/libressl-devel
AUTHOR: brnrd at FreeBSD.org
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