clarifying the state of drm-next-3.9 and next steps

[O. Hartmann]

Am Thu, 14 Apr 2016 12:08:23 -0700
Matthew Macy <mmacy at nextbsd.org> schrieb:

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>             Thanks for the heads up :)I am especially interested in the GPGPU support
> for AMDs, since thiswould actually make FreeBSD x86 rigs very useful for power
> efficientcluster computing. Thus far cheapest alternatives (on x86 hardware) havebeen
> based on Windows or Linux.Can I count you as a volunteer to help jmd with user level
> runtime support? :D-MOn 12.04.2016 22:57, Matthew Macy wrote:> There seems to be some
> confusion about the state of drm-next-3.9. All the work is currently going on in jmd's
> fork of freebsd-base-graphics:> > https://github.com/iotamudelta/freebsd-base-graphics>
> > The emphasis has been on bringing i915 and the drm code  in dev/drm2 closer to
> > upstream as opposed to a simple driver refresh. I'm currently implementing missing
> > linuxkpi bits and hope to actually be testing in the next week or so. > > As of this
> > moment there is nothing available for general consumption. I very much hope to have
> > this phase done before code freeze. I will update the list as soon a s there is
> > anything to test. Until then, hold your horses.> > The next phase will be more
> > interesting to anyone who isn't simply waiting on bug fixes for Haswell support. My
> > plan is to update DRM to 4.6 and import amdgpu and amdkfd support. I would like to be
> > able to do GPGPU work using HIP/HSA on my AMD cards. An ETA on 4.6/amdgpu support is
> > difficult to come up with. But certainly it will _not_ be any earlier than end of
> > May.> > -M> > _______________________________________________>
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