Re: FreeBSD-head hang when shutdown by ACPI with Intel GPU and new Xorg and SandyBridge

From: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 23:12:10 +0300
On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 18:05:47 +0200
Lars Engels <lars.engels_at_0x20.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 11:26:06AM +0100, David Chisnall wrote:
> > On 12 Jul 2013, at 10:01, "Lundberg, Johannes"
> > <johannes_at_brilliantservice.co.jp> wrote:
> > 
> > >> As the KMS code does not switch the display mode back, once X
> > >> with KMS
> > > starts, you can't get a console back.
> > > 
> > > Is there any solution for this in the works?
> > 
> > Yes.  ray_at_ is currently being funded by the FreeBSD Foundation to
> > improve Newcons compatibility with KMS.  The Newcons framework is
> > designed to improve layering in the console.  The machine-dependent
> > part simply provides a framebuffer interface, the
> > machine-independent part provides the terminal emulator (this also
> > means things like unicode in the console will work, as will
> > higher-resolution consoles). It's currently used on a few non-x86
> > platforms, but it wasn't a priority for x86 because the PC BIOS
> > text console mostly works and people who want a better terminal can
> > just run X.  It's now become a priority because of the KMS
> > integration with X.org.  Once this work is completed, we will
> > switch to a new X.org by default and will use the KMS interface
> > within the kernel for selecting the video mode.  
> 
> Is there a rough ETA for this great improvement?

I hope first things to test will be available on begin of the August.
But it is just hope yet :)

Thanks.
-- 
Aleksandr Rybalko <ray_at_freebsd.org>
Received on Sat Jul 13 2013 - 18:12:27 UTC

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