drm-kmod

balanga · Wednesday at 7:42 AM

Am I correct in thinking that pkg install drm-kmod installs around 800 files?

All I want is i915.kms.

bda65 · Wednesday at 7:59 AM

18mb...

Code:

pkg list drm-66-kmod
/boot/modules/amdgpu.ko
/boot/modules/dmabuf.ko
/boot/modules/drm.ko
/boot/modules/i915kms.ko
/boot/modules/radeonkms.ko
/boot/modules/ttm.ko
/usr/local/share/licenses/drm-66-kmod-6.6.25.1500068_8/BSD2CLAUSE
/usr/local/share/licenses/drm-66-kmod-6.6.25.1500068_8/GPLv2
/usr/local/share/licenses/drm-66-kmod-6.6.25.1500068_8/LICENSE
/usr/local/share/licenses/drm-66-kmod-6.6.25.1500068_8/MIT
/usr/local/share/licenses/drm-66-kmod-6.6.25.1500068_8/catalog.m

fahrenheit · Wednesday at 8:17 AM

balanga, that's probably not drm-kmod but gpu-firmware-kmod, for the file count that is. You don't actually need it, just the relevant kmod files for your hardware. The meta package for intel is gpu-firmware-intel-kmod and from this the flavour that matches your hardware.

Note that installing drm-kmod without the gpu-firmware to match will result in a black screen after boot or fallback to framebuffer if you are lucky.

balanga · Wednesday at 6:04 PM

I have always run pkg install drm-kmod because that is what I thought I needed to do. I never understood why I received so many files, but since things worked I didn't pursue things.

Beastie · 2026-04-23T16:25:01+0100

fahrenheit, balanga, you may not even need any firmware at all, depending on your CPU/GPU's age. Up to 3rd gen they were not programmable.

nxjoseph@ · 2026-04-23T16:43:56+0100

My internal GPU's codename is Renoir, so I install the package firmware made for my exact model graphics/gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-renoir (@renoir flavor).

graphics/drm-kmod pulls in graphics/gpu-firmware-kmod and this meta-port pulls in all the GPU firmware modules even if it's not for what you have, with the reason of compatibility i guess.

T-Daemon · 2026-04-23T16:54:36+0100

If you don't want all the gpu firmware installed, check in kldstat(8) which one is loaded, delete all the others. On a system that does not yet have any GPU firmware installed, now that the required firmware has been identified, proceed to install that specific firmware only.

E.g.:

Code:

 % kldstat
17    1 0xffffffff84382000    312e0 amdgpu_renoir_asd_bin.ko
18    1 0xffffffff843b4000     c4e0 amdgpu_renoir_ta_bin.ko
19    1 0xffffffff843c1000    1fbe8 amdgpu_renoir_dmcub_bin.ko
20    1 0xffffffff843e1000     7560 amdgpu_renoir_pfp_bin.ko
21    1 0xffffffff843e9000     6560 amdgpu_renoir_me_bin.ko
22    1 0xffffffff843f0000     4560 amdgpu_renoir_ce_bin.ko
23    1 0xffffffff843f5000     bcd8 amdgpu_renoir_rlc_bin.ko
24    1 0xffffffff84401000    43800 amdgpu_renoir_mec_bin.ko
25    1 0xffffffff84445000     64e0 amdgpu_renoir_sdma_bin.ko
26    1 0xffffffff8444c000    64aa0 amdgpu_renoir_vcn_bin.ko

Code:

% pkg info | grep renoir
gpu-firmware-amd-kmod-renoir-20250109.1500068 Firmware modules for renoir AMD GPUs

T-Daemon · 2026-04-23T16:58:08+0100

balanga said:
All I want is i915.kms.

Don't install graphics/drm-kmod, install graphics/drm-66-kmod.

balanga · 2026-04-23T17:29:55+0100

T-Daemon said:
If you don't want all the gpu firmware installed, check in kldstat(8) which one is loaded, delete all the others. On a system that does not yet have any GPU firmware installed, now that the required firmware has been identified, proceed to install that specific firmware only.

I only have i915kms and drm.

T-Daemon · 2026-04-23T17:47:10+0100

balanga said:
I only have i915kms and drm.

Then you need besides graphics/drm-66-kmod to identify (using kldstat(8)) which firmware the gpu needs and install only that firmware. There are those listed below:

Code:

 % cd /usr/ports/graphics/gpu-firmware-intel-kmod

 % make flavors-package-names
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-skylake-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-broxton-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-kabylake-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-geminilake-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-cannonlake-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-icelake-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-elkhartlake-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-tigerlake-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-rocketlake-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-dg1-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-dg2-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-alderlake-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-meteorlake-20250109.1500068

drhowarddrfine · 2026-04-23T20:49:29+0100

balanga · 2026-04-23T21:33:18+0100

T-Daemon said:

Then you need besides graphics/drm-66-kmod to identify (using kldstat(8)) which firmware the gpu needs and install only that firmware. There are those listed below:

Code:

 % cd /usr/ports/graphics/gpu-firmware-intel-kmod

 % make flavors-package-names
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-skylake-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-broxton-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-kabylake-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-geminilake-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-cannonlake-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-icelake-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-elkhartlake-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-tigerlake-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-rocketlake-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-dg1-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-dg2-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-alderlake-20250109.1500068
gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-meteorlake-20250109.1500068

I wish I understood what I was supposed to do with this instruction.

Do I need to install ports to get my graphics working properly?

fahrenheit · 2026-04-23T22:42:00+0100

balanga, my suggestion is doing one of these:

Install drm-kmod and be done (accept that it will install lots of firmware packages you don't need)
Install the drm-*-kmod package you want (61, 66 or latest) plus gpu-firmware-intel-kmod (will install extra intel firmware but a lot less than the above)
Install the drm-*-kmod package you want (61, 66 or latest) plus the specific gpu-firmware-intel-kmod packagr for your hardware (match the flavour name your hardware).

I prefer the middle option, because if my specific firmware package gets split in the future there's less chance a pkg update misses it. But feel free to do whichever.

As for not needing the gpu-firmware package, if your hardware doesn't need firmware you don't need to install it has was said.

T-Aoki · 2026-04-23T23:42:08+0100

Doesn't fwget(8) ran as root help for installing / updating firmwares?
Note that 13.x are going to be EoL'ed at the end of this month (Apr.30, 2026) and all supported releases should have it in-base starting from upcoming May 1st.

balanga · 2026-04-24T06:21:01+0100

fahrenheit said:
balanga, my suggestion is doing one of these:

Install drm-kmod and be done (accept that it will install lots of firmware packages you don't need)

Install the drm-*-kmod package you want (61, 66 or latest) plus gpu-firmware-intel-kmod (will install extra intel firmware but a lot less than the above)

Install the drm-*-kmod package you want (61, 66 or latest) plus the specific gpu-firmware-intel-kmod packagr for your hardware (match the flavour name your hardware).

I prefer the middle option, because if my specific firmware package gets split in the future there's less chance a pkg update misses it. But feel free to do whichever.

As for not needing the gpu-firmware package, if your hardware doesn't need firmware you don't need to install it has was said.

You say 61, 66 or latest, how do I know which is the latest?

Also how can I tell what hardware I have?

Will pciconf show me that ?

I get a bit lost with all the modules installed and don't really understand what they are for.

T-Aoki · 2026-04-24T09:45:59+0100

balanga said:
You say 61, 66 or latest, how do I know which is the latest?

There is graphics/drm-latest-kmod which is currently DRM 6.9.

balanga · 2026-04-24T10:16:36+0100

T-Aoki said:
There is graphics/drm-latest-kmod which is currently DRM 6.9.

I didn't realise that 'latest' was actually the name. I thought it was simply short for a later one who's name I don't recall...

T-Aoki · 2026-04-24T10:24:51+0100

balanga said:
I didn't realise that 'latest' was actually the name. I thought it was simply short for a later one who's name I don't recall...

As seen in its first commit message, graphics/drm-latest-kmod is NOT a LTS version (LTS versions has numbered version in its PORTNAME, like 510, 515, 61 and 66).
I consider "latest" for early adopters that has too new GPUs that even 66 doesn't support but 6.9 supports, and who understand enough for the risk to take.

balanga · 2026-04-24T11:10:54+0100

T-Aoki said:
As seen in its first commit message, graphics/drm-latest-kmod is NOT a LTS version (LTS versions has numbered version in its PORTNAME, like 510, 515, 61 and 66).
I consider "latest" for early adopters that has too new GPUs that even 66 doesn't support but 6.9 supports, and who understand enough for the risk to take.

I only have old hardware so just want to install which works for me.

pciconf -lv tells me I have:-

vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = 'Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary)'
class = display
subclass = VGA

I'd like to install the one which works best and uses least space.