What are the criteria for contributing to development and testing?

[Anil Gulati]

Thanks Jose, Niclas and Arto, that certainly feels like a warm welcome to
me.

Note that it seems Ubuntu 15.10 as well as Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS now have 6th
Gen Intel Skylake support.
http://blog.system76.com/post/139563632868/ubuntu-1404-lts-now-available-for-skylake
http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-14-04-4-lts-now-available-on-system76-s-intel-skylake-pcs-500623.shtml

I take it unless I get a Haswell chip I won't be able to be of any help?

I gather Broadwell "had problems" and was a short-lived chipset but
apparently we have to work through Haswell, Broadwell, Skylake in order.


On 19 February 2016 at 07:36, Arto Pekkanen <isoa at kapsi.fi> wrote:

> Well, you can start by testing the experimental kernel, which includes
> preliminary GPU support from Linux 3.8:
>
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/Update%20i915%20GPU%20driver%20to%20Linux%203.8
>
> If you get the kernel crash, that is an opportunity to first send crash
> reports (which include kernel crash dumps, system logs etc), and if you
> have knowledge of x86 system level programming, you can try to figure out
> why it crashed and how to fix it, and later on submit patches to the
> kernel. The kernel developers frequently communicate in this mailing list,
> so if you have a patch that solves a problem, they would be very thankful,
> and so would be all FreeBSD users in this small community :) And of course
> merely reports of using the experimental kernel are also very much
> appreciated.
>
> I am not a yet proficient in x86 system level programming, so I just test
> out new revisions of the kernel when they come available, submit crash
> reports etc.
>
> The main wiki article is very informative in listing milestones and goals:
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics
>
> There is also a preliminary workflow available:
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/Kernel%20development%20workflow
>
>
> Anil Gulati kirjoitti 17.02.2016 17:07:
>
>> Dear FreeBSD-X11,
>>
>> My thread on FreeBSD forums base system
>> https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/55054/ helped me establish that buying
>> an Intel NUC or System 76 with 5th Gen Broadwell Intel i3/i/5/i7 would be
>> a
>> no go for X11 on FreeBSD https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics
>>
>> Is it possible for me to contribute to the development and testing of
>> driver support to get these chips working with the Intel HD Graphics 6000
>> 6100 etc?
>>
>> And if I go for a 6th Gen Skylake Intel i3/i5/i7 is it possible and
>> appropriate to contribute to development and testing on Skylake before
>> Haswell or Broadwell support is finished?
>>
>> One thing worries me on Skylake is that I read that the Skylake chipset
>> "retires VGA support"
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_HD_and_Iris_Graphics#Skylake
>>
>> Does this mean I can't even get console working on Skylake? I'm not sure
>> if
>> Linux has support for Skylake yet either? Can I even install FreeBSD if I
>> can't see console?
>>
>> What are the criteria for contributing to development and testing?
>>
>> Thanks
>> AniilG
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> --
> Arto Pekkanen
>