Re: Intel graphics

Den Sun, 1 Jan 2023 12:48:44 -0800
skrev Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>:

> On Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 7:41 AM Jake Freeland
> <jake@technologyfriends.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 9:28 AM Eivind Nicolay Evensen <  
> > eivinde@terraplane.org> wrote:  
> >  
> >> Hello.
> >>
> >> Is is possible to get X running adequately, or even at all
> >> with this:
> >>
> >> vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0:     class=0x030000 rev=0x0c hdr=0x00
> >> vendor=0x8086 device=0x4692 subvendor=0x1025 subdevice=0x1572
> >>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
> >>     device     = 'Alder Lake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 730]'
> >>     class      = display
> >>     subclass   = VGA
> >>  
> >
> > The drm-kmod master branch is updated to match Linux 5.12, as
> > of right now, I believe. Alder Lake support was introduced in
> > Linux 5.13/5.14, so unfortunately there is no way to get drm
> > graphics going on your iGPU yet.
> >
> > It looks like work on 5.13 just started on behalf of dumbbell here:
> >
> > https://github.com/freebsd/drm-kmod/pull/224
> >
> > If you can compile that branch and install the correct Linux
> > firmware for UHD Graphics 730, you might be able to get something
> > going. If you try, definitely report back. I haven't done this step
> > yet.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jake Freeland
> >  
> 
> It was in 5.14, but was not declared stable until 5.16. If you don't
> ned bells and whistles (or high performance), you can run with scfb.
> It is working fine for me and has been for a few months.
> 
> Hre is my config file (xorg.conf.d/device.conf):
> 
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Device0"
> Driver "scfb"
> Option "NoAccel" "On"
> EndSection

Thanks. I'll have to try that when I'm around the
machine again, to see if the performance is decent
enough for now. I'll report back once I've checked.



-- 
Eivind Nicolay Evensen