FreeBSD && HDMI TV

Konstantin Belousov kostikbel at gmail.com
Tue Nov 6 10:53:37 UTC 2012


On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 09:39:49AM +0100, Matthias Apitz wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> After more than 20 years I bought a new TV, now with HDMI input and
> 1920x1080 resolution; detailed spec could be seen here:
> http://www.lg.com/de/tv/lg-42LM340S-3d-tv/technical-specifications
> 
> My question related to FreeBSD is: can I connect this somehow via an USB
> HDMI adapter to my FreeBSD laptop at home (running CURRENT) to get the
> FreeBSD X11 screen onto the TV device?
> 
> The TV has as well a LAN connector, I don't know at the moment for what
> this is good for, i.e. what kind of protocol it is expecting on the LAN
> connector...
We do not have any support for USB video.

There is some code for such adapters in the Linux, but it is not yet
imported into FreeBSD DRM.
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