diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.0R/relnotes/relnotes.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.0R/relnotes/relnotes.xml index 209f6ba524..5361fe321c 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.0R/relnotes/relnotes.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.0R/relnotes/relnotes.xml @@ -712,6 +712,68 @@ MMU initialization has been added. + + Graphics Support + + &os; has changed the way graphics drivers are handled on + &arch.amd64; and &arch.i386;. Graphics drivers for modern + ATI/&amd; and &intel; graphics cards are now available in the + Ports Collection. The base drivers are still available and + will be installed by default, but they lack support for + current generation laptop and desktop systems. + + In most cases it is enough to install graphics/drm-kmod + from ports or packages to install a driver appropriate for the + system, then adding the appropriate driver to + kld_list in &man.rc.conf.5;. + + For &intel; (i915) systems after Broadwell™, the + &man.rc.conf.5; entry is: + + kld_list=/boot/modules/i915kms.ko. + + Systems with ATI/&amd; graphics cards have two options. + Modern systems starting with the HD7000 series GPU should + use: + + kld_list=/boot/modules/amdgpu.ko + + Systems with cards released before the HD7000 GPU + use: + + kld_list=/boot/modules/radeonkms.ko. + + + Users must be added to the video + GID after installing graphics/drm-kmod in order for + X to start properly. + + + + There are known issues with the + xserver driver provided by x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati + when using graphics drivers from the base system; + x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-legacy + should be used instead. + + + + There is a known issue where booting with + UEFI and using the ATI/&amd; graphics + driver may cause the screen to be garbled before the + appropriate driver is loaded. + + + For additional information regarding graphics support on + &os;, please see the Graphics Wiki + Page. + + Virtualization Support