Re: X11 intel driver on Lenovo t510/GMA HD

[john heasley <heas%shrubbery.net@localhost>]

Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:51:56AM +0000, Jonathan A. Kollasch:
> i3-500 sounds like something with the new on-CPU-die GPU.

yes, that is correct.

> Everything that new needs a xf86-video-intel that's currently
> incompatible with NetBSD.  Well, at least until we port/implement
> GEM and KMS in our kernel ...
> 
> It seems OpenBSD has implemented GEM in their drm(4)/inteldrm(4), and
> restored UMS into a version of xf86-video-intel.
> 

"Kernel Mode-Setting" and "Graphics Execution Manager" for the graphic-
ignorant, like me.

Is there a plan to adopt OBSD's implementations?

Thanks for the clue.