gfx-next update: drm-4.8-rc2 tagged in drm-next

[Jan Mikkelsen]

Hi,

> On 20 Sep 2016, at 23:10, Matthew Macy <mmacy at nextbsd.org> wrote:
> ---- On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 12:19:43 -0700 Pete Wright <pete at nomadlogic.org> wrote ---- 
>> 
>> 
>> On 9/20/16 12:07 PM, Doug Kirk wrote: 
>>> Hi Bob, 
>>> 
>>> To start, you'll want to build and install the kernel from the "drm-next" 
>>> branch at https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics . 
>>> Instructions in the FreeBSD handbook for building/installing. 
> 
> No. drm-next tracks upstream, but is not guaranteed to work at any particular point in time. Intel users should be using drm-next-4.7.
> 

That’s useful to know — We have been using drm-next, running on Celeron J1900 systems with Bay Trail.

Is the plan for drm-next-4.7 make its way into 11-CURRENT at some point?

Thanks for the work — It is very useful.

Regards,

Jan.