Re: Kernel mode setting and xf86-video-intel

[Yorick Hardy <yorickhardy%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Jonathan A. Kollasch
<jakllsch%kollasch.net@localhost> wrote:
> 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.

I will be working on this eventually.

> 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.

Yes, certainly easier than looking at the linux driver.

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

Thanks.

>        Jonathan Kollasch