[CFT] [X11] graphics/drm-next-kmod now builds, loads and works on FreeBSD-11-stable

[Ian Lepore]

On Sun, 2018-02-18 at 14:27 -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 12:35 PM, Hans Petter Selasky 
> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hi FreeBSD desktop users!
> > 
> > During the past week and over the weekend all parts needed for building,
> > loading and using graphics/drm-next-kmod on FreeBSD-11-stable have been
> > completed!
> > 
> > A big thanks to all the people contributing to graphics support under
> > FreeBSD in both kernel and user-space! You'll find their names in the
> > commit logs including myself :-)
> > 
> > Links:
> > https://www.freshports.org/graphics/drm-next-kmod
> > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/329527
> > 
> > Issues are reported here:
> > https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/kms-drm/issues
> > 
> > --HPS
> > 
> Wow! That is awesome. Thanks to all of the contributors.
> 
> Any instructions? Am I right that the mod setting driver should generally
> be used. None of the links above really covers implementation.

+1.  I have the vague notion that drm-next has something to do with
supporting newer graphics hardware.  Since I just bought a new x86 box
whose builtin radeon R6 isn't supported by -current that sounds
interesting to me, where do I find out more about drm-next and how to
try it?

-- Ian