No longer KMS, in name
If you were used to kldloading i915kms(4) and radeonkms(4)… they are now named i915 and radeon, respectively.
DragonFly 5.6 released!
DragonFly 5.6.0 has been released. This version brings an improved virtual memory system, updates to radeon and ttm, and performance improvements for HAMMER2. Matthew Dillon did some informal testing of the VM improvements, and posted results to the users@ list. My users@ post has the usual details on upgrading (pay no attention to my 5.4 typo), …
DragonFly 5 release candidate
I tagged DragonFly 5.0 (commit message list in that link) over the weekend, and there’s a 5.0 release candidate for download. It’s RC2 because the recent Radeon changes had to be taken out.
In Other BSDs for 2015/08/15
A short week, cause I’m short on time. Sorry! The case for checksumming filesystems. (via) How to use fw_update for Radeon on OpenBSD. FreeBSD has imported OpenBSD’s iwm(4) driver. FreeBSD supports more parts of the Cavium ThunderX, which I link to in part because “Cavium ThunderX” sounds like a thoracic problem. FreeBSD has updated apr, sqlite3, …
In Other BSDs for 2015/03/14
I goofed up and didn’t complete last weeks’ In Other BSDs before it published, so you get some extra this week. DiscoverBSD news for 2015/03/09. FreeBSD Flame Graphs. (via) pkgsrc-2014Q4 binaries for illumos/SmartOS, plus support policy. 15 years of FreeBSD Foundation. autofs(5) on FreeBSD. DisplayLink adapters now work on FreeBSD. USB now consistently works on …
Video updates to test
Do you have a DragonFly system with a Radeon or i915 video card? There’s updates for the drivers associated with either; you can help out and test them.
In Other BSDs for 2014/11/01
Hardly any source commits to point at this week, but there’s still lots of stuff happening in BSD-land. MeetBSD is happening right now. OpenBSD 5.6 is being released right now too. Michael W. Lucas has released the cover to his upcoming FreeBSD Mastery: Storage Essentials book. Peter N. M. Hansteen’s 3rd edition of the Book of …
DragonFly as a desktop
There’s been so much work in DragonFly recently that makes a desktop easier (i915 support, dports, and so on), that I decided to resurrect an older Dell machine and use it as my desktop. The Dell that I’m using is a leftover from someone else’s workplace; it’s 7 years old, and has “only” 4G of …
In Other BSDs for 2014/07/26
Part of this was done while traveling, but still a decent week for links. A BSD-licensed timeout(1). DiscoverBSD roundup for 2014/07/21. NetBSD has a start of a radeon driver. FreeBSD has a Phabricator site, which is getting linked in some commits. The OpenBSD cvsweb was down but appears to be back now. Lua in NetBSD went …
In Other BSDs: 2013/08/31
I need to update this post during the week as I see stuff, or else I spend an hour rushing to get it all together before Satuday. I need to start watching PC-BSD src changes, too. DiscoverBSD has a recent BSD roundup, too. EuroBSDCon registration is 20% off but just today. Using 6rd in OpenBSD. …
Got an r600-based video card?
That would be a recent ATI card, though I don’t know exactly which model name. Samuel Greear has imported David Shao’s DRM work, originally for Summer of Code, last year. Most newer Radeons should work (?).
Small porting projects
Simon ‘corecode’ Schubert suggests two projects available for a taker: updating Radeon DRM support, or updating the linux syscall support, both of which have existing code from which to start.
NVIDIA, and 3D in general
Since DragonFly has been diverging from the FreeBSD 4 model, and because NVIDIA no longer produces a FreeBSD 4 X11 driver, there is no 3D acceleration for NVIDIA chipset video cards under DragonFly. It’s frustrating, though there are efforts to deal with this. Looking at the latest version of xorg, there is mention in a …
DRI testers wanted
Simon ‘corecode’ Schubert is looking for people willing to test his DRM/DRI changes; if you’ve got a 3D card (ATI Radeon, Matrox, etc.), contact him for instructions on testing.