Re: Kernel mode setting and xf86-video-intel

["Jonathan A. Kollasch" <jakllsch%kollasch.net@localhost>]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:01:05AM +0200, Brad du Plessis wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> From my understanding, from xf86-video-intel version 2.10.0 onwards
> the driver will not work without kernel mode setting.

That's what I'm hearing too, that and "GEM".

> If this is
> indeed the case, are there any plans afoot to support kernel mode
> setting in netbsd?

None that I'm aware of.

However, it appears that OpenBSD has quite recently gotten support for
intel GEM (a non-trivial prereq of KMS).

So, it would appear that porting to NetBSD may now be easier than we
thought it would be.

http://old.nabble.com/New-intel-X-driver-requires-testing.-td28210444.html
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/

        Jonathan Kollasch