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Add a note on the new graphics drivers imported from Linux to the X11 chapter

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of the Handbook.

Submitted by:	debdrup@gmail.com
Reviewed by:	bcr, rene, zeising
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D17690
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Rene Ladan 2018-11-20 20:31:24 +00:00
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@ -413,7 +413,42 @@
<sect2 xml:id="x-config-video-cards"> <sect2 xml:id="x-config-video-cards">
<title>Video Cards</title> <title>Video Cards</title>
<para>Because of changes made in recent versions of &os;, it
is now possible to use graphics drivers provided by the Ports
framework or as packages. As such, users can use one of the
following drivers available from
<package>graphics/drm-kmod</package>.</para>
<variablelist> <variablelist>
<varlistentry xml:id="x-config-video-cards-ports">
<term>&i915kms;</term>
<term>&radeonkms;</term>
<term>&amdgpu;</term>
<listitem>
<para>2D and 3D acceleration is supported on most
&i915kms; graphics cards provided by Intel.</para>
<para>Driver name: <literal>i915kms</literal></para>
<para>2D and 3D acceleration is supported on most older
&radeonkms; graphics cards provided by AMD.</para>
<para>Driver name: <literal>radeonkms</literal></para>
<para>2D and 3D acceleration is supported on most newer
&amdgpu; graphics cards provided by AMD.</para>
<para>Driver name: <literal>amdgpu</literal></para>
<para>For reference, please see <link
xlink:href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_graphics_processing_units"/>
or <link
xlink:href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units"/>
for a list of supported GPUs.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry xml:id="x-config-video-cards-intel"> <varlistentry xml:id="x-config-video-cards-intel">
<term>&intel;</term> <term>&intel;</term>

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@ -394,6 +394,11 @@ Coverity, Inc.</para>">
<!ENTITY tm-attrib.xiph "<para xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>Ogg Vorbis and Xiph.Org are trademarks <!ENTITY tm-attrib.xiph "<para xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>Ogg Vorbis and Xiph.Org are trademarks
of Xiph.Org.</para>"> of Xiph.Org.</para>">
<!-- used in the X11 chapter of the Handbook -->
<!ENTITY amdgpu "AMD KMS driver">
<!ENTITY i915kms "Intel KMS driver">
<!ENTITY radeonkms "Radeon KMS driver">
<!ENTITY tm-attrib.general "<para xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>Many of the designations used by <!ENTITY tm-attrib.general "<para xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>Many of the designations used by
manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed
as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this document, as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this document,