On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Rod Whitworth <glis...@witworx.com> wrote: > On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:43:28 -0800, Mike Larkin wrote: > >>Intel drivers later than 2.10 are KMS only, which OpenBSD does not support. >>The version in tree, based from CVS logs, is 2.9.1 with various backports >>added from later versions, and some one-off work done to support the >>later Intel chips in UMS. >> > > Thanks for the explanation. > > I guess that, for at least some time, I'm going to be able to > experience the sort of environment that users of archs that don't > support virtual consoles live with. One difference being that I will > have to sudo reboot to get to a console or sudo halt -p when I want a > shutdown. > > I did some reading about UMS vs KMS and noted a Phoronix page showing > that for many of their benchmarks ran faster in UMS. Not that it will > help us if we can't get UMS drivers for many GPUs. Or maybe some *BSD > dev will write a UMS driver, but don't hold your breath 8-) > > One intriguing thing I spotted was a statement that KMS allowed running > X without root privs. There is some tension there I expect. > > Finally, having "wasted" a bunch of money (by my standards) getting a > machine that avoided broadcom wi-fi and nvidia graphics and had a > supported 10/100/1000 NIC (alc), I'd love to know what I should look > for in graphics in future in laptop land.
It looks more and more that pencil and paper will be only open(non Lin/Win only) solution :D > > Thanks again, > Rod/ > > *** NOTE *** Please DO NOT CC me. I <am> subscribed to the list. > Mail to the sender address that does not originate at the list server is > tarpitted. The reply-to: address is provided for those who feel compelled to > reply off list. Thankyou. > > Rod/ > --- > This life is not the real thing. > It is not even in Beta. > If it was, then OpenBSD would already have a man page for it.
