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[Pete Wright]

On 10/10/2017 14:34, Tom Rushworth wrote:
>
>>
>> If you are wanting to run vanilla FreeBSD and don't mind periodic
>> instability you can also run 12-CURRENT and install the "drm-next-kmod"
>> pkg.  Although depending on how much time you want to put into hacking
>> on things TrueOS may be an easier entry point for you.
>
> I don't mind CURRENT as long as the parts I'm using work :).  Doug 
> Kirk also pointed me at the graphics/drm-next-kmod port, which I'd 
> guess needs something close to CURRENT as well.
>
> I'll give both suggestions a try over the weekend and report back.


i can verify that drm-next-kmod works on CURRENT as I'm dog-fooding it 
right now on a kabylake laptop and skylake desktop system :) i've been 
suggesting people give TrueOS a spin first to verify their gfx hardware 
is supported and working as expected.

one of the nice things with both TrueOS and CURRENT is that once Xorg 
and drm-next-kmod is installed you don't need to configure xorg.conf - 
autodetection "just works" afaict.

-pete

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