svn commit: r49083 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Sat Jul 9 17:04:36 UTC 2016

Author: dru
Date: Sat Jul  9 17:04:34 2016
New Revision: 49083
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49083

Log:
  Incorporate patch to Graphics update.
  
  Submitted by: kwm
  Sponsored by: iXsystems

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-04-2016-06.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-04-2016-06.xml
==============================================================================

--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-04-2016-06.xml	Sat Jul  9 14:00:31 2016	(r49082)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-04-2016-06.xml	Sat Jul  9 17:04:34 2016	(r49083)
@@ -1033,10 +1033,15 @@
   </project>
 
   <project cat='proj'>
-    <title>Graphics Update</title>
+    <title>The Graphics Stack on &os;</title>
 
     <contact>
       <person>
+	<name>&os; Graphics team</name>
+	<email>freebsd-x11 at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+
+      <person>
 	<name>
 	  <given>Matthew</given>
 	  <common>Macy</common>
@@ -1047,9 +1052,27 @@
 
     <links>
       <url href="https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics">GitHub Repository</url>
+      <url href="http://wiki.FreeBSD.org/Graphics">Graphics Stack Roadmap and Supported Hardware Matrix</url>
+      <url href="https://github.com/FreeBSD/freebsd-ports-graphics">Ports Development Repository</url>
+      <url href="https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics/tree/drm-next-4.6">DRM 4.6 Development Repository</url>
+      <url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas#Devices_management:_link_.2Fdev_entries_to_sysctl_nodes">GSoC 2016: link /dev entries to sysctl nodes</url>
+      <url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2016/RethinkLibdevq">GSoC 2016: Redesign libdevq </url>
+      <url href="http://planet.freebsd.org/graphics">Graphics Team Blog</url> 
     </links>
 
     <body>
+      <p>In the Ports tree, Mesa was updated to 11.2.2.  The next
+	major release, 12.0.0 release candidate 4, is ready for
+	testing in our development tree.</p>
+
+      <p>The GSoC project about being able to connect a <tt>/dev</tt>
+	entry to <tt>sysctl</tt> nodes is making progress.  After some
+	fruitful discussons on the <a
+	  href="https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch">freebsd-arch@ mailing-list</a>,
+	Kiloreux finished the design and is now implementing the
+	solution.  The GSoC project on <tt>libdevq</tt> was
+	abandoned.</p>
+
       <p>All Intel GPUs up to and including the unreleased Kaby Lake
 	are supported.  The <tt>xf86-video-intel</tt> driver will be
 	updated soon.  Updating this driver requires updating
@@ -1070,9 +1093,9 @@
 	  processors prior to Sandy Bridge (pre-2010).</li>
       </ul>
 
-      <p>I am hoping to be able to diagnose the first two issues,
-	along with others, by updating Linux support to the point
-	where the Intel GPU Tools work on &os;.</p>
+      <p>Matt Macy is hoping to be able to diagnose the first two
+	issues, along with others, by updating Linux support to the
+	point where the Intel GPU Tools work on &os;.</p>
 
       <p>The Radeon AMD/ATI has been updated to GCN 1.0.  This has
 	only been tested on an R7 240.  2D-accelerated X works.  Due
@@ -1082,11 +1105,12 @@
 	fails in <tt>drm/ttm</tt>, so there may in fact be issues in
 	the underlying 3D support.</p>
 
-      <p>The AMD/ATI driver has been updated to GCN 1.1 and higher.
-	The KMS driver loads and attaches on discrete GPUs, though
-	problems still exist on the Carizzo APU.  X will not start due
-	to unimplemented functions in <tt>libdrm</tt>.  Koop Mast is
-	actively working on this and should have it fixed soon.</p>
+      <p>The Amdgpu AMD/ATI driver has been updated to GCN 1.1 and
+	higher.  The KMS driver loads and attaches on discrete GPUs,
+	though problems still exist on the Carizzo APU.  X will not
+	start due to unimplemented functions in <tt>libdrm</tt>.  Koop
+	Mast is actively working on this and should have it fixed
+	soon.</p>
 
       <p>None of the required patches to <tt>src/sys</tt> were
 	committed in time for &os; 11.  Although the plan is to
