A question about graphics subsystems under FreeBSD

[Kevin Oberman]

For the Intel chart, Sandy Bridge and, I believe, Ivy Bridge should be "Use
drm-kmod". I am running drm-fbsd12.0-kmod without problems and have been
doing so for a while... weeks, at least.
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Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer
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On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 11:15 AM Pete Wright <pete at nomadlogic.org> wrote:

>
>
> On 12/23/18 3:41 PM, Manish Jain wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a port mkdesktop which simplifies the task of FreeBSD desktop
> > configuration. I was looking to enhance the port in its capabilities
> > and it would help me if I could know the various pkg's and kld's
> > needed by the various chipsets.
> >
> > As per my (incomplete) knowledge, the following are usually needed:
> >
> > Chipset   | <Packages>                 | <Modules>
> >
> > AMD GPU   | drm-kmod:xf86-video-amdgpu |
> > Radeon    | drm-kmod:xf86-video-ati    | radeonkms.ko**
> > NVidia    | drm-kmod:nvidia-driver     | nvidia.ko:nvidia-modeset.ko
> > Intel GPU | drm-kmod:xf86-video-intel  |
> >
> > (** : Radeon appears to need radeon.ko and radeonkms.ko under FreeBSD
> > 11.x, and only radeonkms.ko in 12.0)
> >
> > I doubt if the above table is entirely correct and complete.
> > Could someone please fill me in on the missing tidbits so that I can
> > enhance my port (mkdesktop).
> >
>
> We've been trying to get the wiki in better shape in regards to AMD GPU
> and Intel i915 graphics.  Here are two tables which should be pretty up
> to date (although I suspect some of the newer CPU's need to be added):
>
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/AMD-GPU-Matrix
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/Intel-GPU-Matrix
>
> Also the main wiki has been updated which will hopefully provide some
> insight as well:
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/
>
> tl;dr version is if you have an AMD GPU or Intel i915 based system,
> installing the "drm-kmod" package should work for you as it will select
> the appropriate kmod for your platform.  Furthermore, there is no need
> to install the xf86-video drivers for these platforms as the modesetting
> driver which ships with Xorg is now the preferred Xorg driver upstream.
>
> Cheers,
> -pete
>
> --
> Pete Wright
> pete at nomadlogic.org
> @nomadlogicLA
>
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