On Tuesday 29 April 2008 08:35:36 am Jerome Glisse wrote: > On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:26:41 -0700 > > vehemens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm currently working on updating the bsd libdrm for use with my freebsd > > system. To reduce the work involved, I'm using some code from the linux > > kernel for lists and locks. This also greatly reduces the amount of > > unique code required. > > > > Unfortunately I only have radeon rv370 and intel i810 class hardware so > > my testing capability is somewhat limited. > > > > My thoughts are that i9i5 flavor hardware may be the best way to to check > > out the code. Another option is to stick with radeon and to switch over > > to the mode-setting branch at some point. > > > > So does anyone have any ideas on what would be the best testing approach? > > What are your aims ? As far as i know BSD/drm does not have memory > manager support thus modesetting is not operational on BSD as it needs > the memory manager. libdrm so far is a pretty small layer on top of > kernel interface to make userspace life easier. For testing current > BSD functionalities i believe a working 3D acceleration under X is > the best use case given that DRM is primilary designed and written > for this usage.
The primary goal is to update the BSD drm code with the recent linux changes including linux drm memory management code. I haven't seen anything in the code that would prevent this from occurring, but I'm new at this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
