Re: Call for tests: DRM fixes for upcoming NetBSD 10.1

[Rin Okuyama <rokuyama.rk%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 2024/10/09 6:26, David Brownlee wrote:
> Tested the Fri Oct  4 build from nyftp. No apparent regressions and
> working well enough to show https://get.webgl.org in Firefox on amd64
> on the following:
> - ThinkPad W520
> - ThinkPad T430
> - ThinkPad T530
> - ThinkPad T480
> - Thinkpad T495 (software rendering, wrong resolution, awful performance)
> - Ryzen 5 5500/Radeon RX 5700 desktop (software rendering, correct
> resolution, performance fine)

Thank you very much for testing on various machines!

> There is something odd with booting and running with root on USB on
> netbsd-10 - all but the desktop hung after "poweroff" after syncing
> disks, but again - not a regression.

Hmm, it may be worth a PR if reproducible (as well as T495 ones).

Thanks,
rin

> David
>
>
> On Sat, 5 Oct 2024 at 06:38, Rin Okuyama <rokuyama.rk%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > We will release NetBSD 10.1 soon. Usually, non-trivial pullups
> > should be avoided just before release, but we've exceptionally
> > pulled up DRM changes recently:
> >
> > https://releng.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/req-10.cgi?show=928
> >
> > We expect that some DRM-related problems for 10.0 have been fixed.
> > On the other hand, we concern potential regressions caused by the
> > pullup. It would really be appreciated if you can test 10.0_STABLE
> > during **this weekend**. If it doesn't work well (compared with
> > 10.0 or -current), something goes wrong.
> >
> > If you have GPU supported by our DRM-based drivers, and working
> > 10.0 (or 10.0_STABLE) userland, please try new kernel
> > (**don't forget to backup your original kernel**):
> >
> > - amd64:
> > https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-10/202410041820Z/amd64/binary/sets/kern-GENERIC.tar.xz
> >
> > - evbarm64:
> > https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-10/202410041820Z/evbarm-aarch64/binary/sets/kern-GENERIC64.tar.xz
> >
> > - i386:
> > https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-10/202410041820Z/i386/binary/sets/kern-GENERIC.tgz
> >
> > If kernel boots successfully, please startx(1) to see log for
> > GPU-accelerated driver in /var/run/Xorg.0.log.
> >
> > Note that -current userland **do not** work on netbsd-10 kernel.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > rin