Re: BSD libdrm

[Jerome G. <gl...@fr...>]

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:26:41 -0700
vehemens <veh...@ve...> 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.


Cheers,
Jerome Glisse