Re: Backporting?

[Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

>> vga0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0: vendor 8086 product 5912 (rev. 0x04)
> So it is an Intel controller.

Indeed.

>> drm at vga0 not configured
> It doesn't look like the kernel recognizes the GPU.

> Can you check whether the "i915drmkms* ..." line is enabled in the
> kernel config ?

I can.  I have.  It is:

i915drmkms*     at pci? dev ? function ?

> I think it will be easier to switch to 9.0, unless you also want to
> backport everything under src/sys/external/bsd/drm2.

Ugh.

I'll test 9.x and see if its X understands the hardware any better; if
so, I'll have a look at redoing the kernel bits for 9.x.

Thank you!

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