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Port graphics drivers from Linux 6.8 #49

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alice-sowerby opened this issue Jan 14, 2025 · 2 comments
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Port graphics drivers from Linux 6.8 #49

alice-sowerby opened this issue Jan 14, 2025 · 2 comments
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@alice-sowerby
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As a user already running a desktop on FreeBSD, I want to be able to upgrade the GPU drivers to the ones ported from Linux 6.8 and still have a working desktop environment:

  • I can use a vt(4) session
  • I can use my X.Org/Wayland session
  • I can play games
  • I can watch videos, possibly with hardware-assisted decoding
  • I can suspend and resume the computer

GPGPU is out of scope because it is not actively worked on.

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  • No regressions: if a desktop environment worked with the drivers available in ports/packages, it should continue to work with the drivers from Linux 6.8.
  • (optional) An unsupported GPU starts to work
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Here is the Phoronix article that sums up the DRM-specific changes published in Linux 6.8:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.8-DRM

(I like to add that link in the pull request description to get a grasp of what to expect in that particular version)

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emaste commented Jan 24, 2025

Linux 6.8 is the first to officially support the Intel Xe driver (for Gen 12+) although they still use i915 by default.

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