[Bug 241101] i915kms working with 12.0 but not 12.1-BETA3

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--- Comment #22 from Niclas Zeising <zeising at FreeBSD.org> ---
(In reply to Adam Weinberger from comment #18)

Hi Adam!
We (the graphcis team) have some patches and ideas about providing a drm kmod
package that builds on FreeBSD 12.0 using 12.1 headers, and then would work on
FreeBSD 12.1 (but not 12.0).  This task is not as easy as it seams, though.

We are also working on a more long term solution to the problem, probably using
a DKMS like approach, where the module is built when it is installed, rather
than on the ports cluster.  The package would probably contain two parts, a
pre-built module that would be installed if the local system version matches
the system version where the package was built, and the means to build it
locally if this is not the case.  This solution requires more thought though.

Having a way to not load the module (or issue an error when it is loaded, and
then stop loading) if the versions doesn't match is also something we have
discussed.  A similar approach has been suggested for virtualbox kmod, which
exhibits the same issues, but not been accepted there:
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D16119 .

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