From b69064b181cbb95077cddaa3eaf7332d45b5b5f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ed Maste Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 21:46:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add graphics update from dumbbell@ --- .../news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml | 60 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml index 5d9e25e398..c130c0308d 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml @@ -822,6 +822,66 @@ + + The Graphics stack on FreeBSD + + + + + FreeBSD Graphics team + + freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org + + + + + Graphics stack roadmap and supported hardware matrix + Graphics stack team blog + Ports development tree on GitHub + + + +

The Mesa ports were updated to 10.6.8. At the same time the + ports received a major overhaul to make sure all ports are + correctly configured. + Also the dual version support was removed, there is only one + mesa version for all supported FreeBSD versions. + The libosmesa port was merged into the Mesa framework.

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Another big item that was included in the Mesa port was + OpenCL. There are two GPU based OpenCL implimentations + namely: + lang/clover for supported Radeon cards and + lang/beignet for supported Intel cards (currently only + Ivybridge). + Thanks go to Johannes Dieterich, O. Hartman, and Koop Mast + for making this happen.

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Now that Mesa is up-to-date, we can do the same with the + X.Org server. + Currently at 1.14, an update to 1.17 is ready. + It should be committed shortly.

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On the kernel side progress has been made with the + i915 update. The driver is able to attach. + There are some reports that the X.Org server starts, but Mesa + is unhappy so acceleration doesn't work yet. + If you want to test, instructions will be posted on the wiki, + in the i915 update article (see links). + At this stage, we can only accept patches though, we won't be + able to provide support.

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We attended two conferences: XDC 2015 in Toronto and + EuroBSDcon 2015 in Stockholm. + Reports will be posted on the blog.

+ + + + See the "Graphics" wiki page for up-to-date + information. + + + The FreeBSD Foundation