[Bug 287069] FreeBSD-14.3-BETA4 loading i915 kernel module fails

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=287069

--- Comment #15 from Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Graham Perrin from comment #9)

> The requirement to specify a repository was noted a few months ago, 
> 
> <https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-ports/2024-December/007016.html>

In that case,
<https://gist.github.com/grahamperrin/0bfcd7bbc162e92d9b2176bcdf4f888b>
involved installation of the meta package: 

    drm-kmod

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Note that where the FreeBSD-kmods repo is used, 
the --repository option (-r) is _not always_ required. 

In the screenshot at <https://imgur.com/WL9sAwo> there's attention to a
packaged kernel module – not to be confused with the meta package. Note that
two versions of the package are found. In this case, installing 

    drm-61-kmod

_does_ install the appropriate version from the FreeBSD-kmods repo, without
specifying the repo. Discussion: 

*
<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1ldqocy/comment/myemi60/?context=2>. 

For documentation purposes, <https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/faq/> should
have a question with an answer like the one below. 

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FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE is preconfigured to use a FreeBSD-kmods repository. This
repo provides packages for many commonly required kernel modules that are
non-base – not integral to FreeBSD. The command below should ensure that
available packages are used: 

pkg upgrade --repository FreeBSD-kmods

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