Re: Intel Arc GPU on FreeBSD?

From: vermaden <vermaden_at_interia.pl>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:32:23 UTC 
Check FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE Release Notes:
- https://freebsd.org/releases/15.0R/relnotes/

This part:

Gradual slowdowns and freezes experienced by owners of some AMD GPUs using the amdgpu DRM driver from the drm-kmod ports, starting with v5.15 (graphics/drm-515-kmod port), have been fixed. In particular, owners of graphics cards with Green Sardine, Polaris 10 and 20 and Vega chips were known to be affected. Recent Intel-based GPUs (gen 13+) may also have been affected. 718d1928f874, 4ca9190251bb, 986edb19a49c, 9d1f3ce79d85, da257e519bc0 (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation)

Your slowdown [1]/[2] problems may have been fixed.

You may also try latest 'in progress' soon to be drm-612-kmod with 16-CURRENT:
- https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-desktop/2025-September/006946.html

Regards,
vermaden





Temat: Intel Arc GPU on FreeBSD?
Data: 2026-01-18 16:14
Nadawca: "Pero Oršolić" &lt;bsd@orsolic.org>
Adresat: "freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org" &lt;freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org>; 





> Is someone successfully using Intel Arc GPU on FreeBSD?
> The latest information I've found is not great:
> https://github.com/freebsd/drm-kmod/issues/364
> 
> I am searching for alternative of using my AMD iGPU
> which has been broken for quite few months [1][2].
> 
> I have this beast of the PC which stays barely used
> because of the GPU bug. I was using old Intel i7-7500U
> laptop as a "workaround" but it died [3], so I am looking
> for alternatives.
> 
> Please keep me in CC, I am not subscribed to the list
> 
> [1] https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=287389
> [2] https://github.com/freebsd/drm-kmod/issues/366
> [3] more killed by my clumsiness in combination with water