Subscribeubject: Re: Trying to run Broadwell

[Koop Mast]

On Mon, 2015-12-21 at 09:46 +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> > 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?

Please see https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/Update%20i915%20GPU%20driv
er%20to%20Linux%203.8#How_to_test which also list how to install the
kernel on a non-default space and make the next reboot use that kernel.

-Koop

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