Subscribeubject: Re: Trying to run Broadwell

[Thomas Mueller]

> Sorry for the delay in the response.

> So the branch drm-i915-update-38 does not include Broadwell or Skylake
> support. Compared to what is currently in HEAD, we will gain initial
> support for Haswell and Valley View. By "initial", I mean experimental
> and unstable. We will need code from Linux 3.9 and 3.10 to have a more
> robust support for those two GPU families.

> If you are willing to help, you are very welcome! Before committing this
> branch, we need to fix any regressions with currently supported GPUs. Do
> you have access to Sandybridge or Ivy Bridge computers?

> If you prefer to work on bringing new code from Linux, please fork my
> drm-i915-update-38 branch and try to import commits from Linux 3.9. I
> don't know what's the best course of actions: either one commit at a
> time or one file at a time. Are you interested in this task?

> Jean-S<E9>bastien P<E9>dron

I have one Sandybridge and one Ivy Bridge computer.

One question, before I proceed/resume and do the wrong thing:  

Can I safely make buildworld, installworld and kernel from drm-i915-update-38 branch and later switch back to regular /usr/src branch with svn?

I believe importing commits from Linux 3.9 would require modifications because of the difference between Linux and FreeBSD?

Tom