Is there an update for drm-515-kmod around?

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mettmusik

My graphics adapter (AMD Radeon RX 7600 aka navi 33)) is not supported yet by drm-515-kmod, so I would have to stick to scfb to get a X session or desktop, which results in a resolution far too low for my 4K-monitor.
Any news of an upcoming update or coming support of those adapters?
 
  1. The number in the port name indicates the Linux version the drivers are taken from, here Linux 5.15. So an update to this port is very unlikely to bring support for newer hardware.
  2. Code for drm-XX-kmod ports is pulled from https://github.com/freebsd/drm-kmod, this is where actual porting work (especially necessary work on the LinuxKPI compatibility layer) is done. You'll find a 6.1-lts branch there which is currently pretty active, so I would expect a "drm-61-kmod" port to appear sooner or later. But then, it might require LinuxKPI changes not available in any RELEASE version yet, we will see.
 
Thanks for clarification. I meant withe "update" not a specific version, but s.th. newer than the kernel-5.15-compatiblity.
Can the 6.1-branch already be used somehow?
 
mettmusik said:
Can the 6.1-branch already be used somehow?
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Not yet in the ports tree <https://www.freshports.org/search.p...sc&search=Search&format=plaintext&branch=head>.

A couple of highlights from 10th December:

github.com

Update to v6.1 by wulf7 · Pull Request #274 · freebsd/drm-kmod

This is the backport of the DRM drivers from Linux 6.1. Prerequisites: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D42792 https://reviews.freebsd.org/D42793 https://reviews.freebsd.org/D42794 https://reviews.freeb...
github.com github.com

github.com

Add new linuxkpi_video driver · freebsd/drm-kmod@a034342

which includes aperture.c and hdmi.c (later from base system). That is done for ease of updateing and maintaining. Sponsored by: Serenity CyberSecurity, LLC
github.com github.com

Reading things such as those alongside <https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/log/?qt=grep&q=LinuxKPI> and (more broadly) <https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/log/>, my wild guess is that there'll be a port within six weeks. I'll ask around.

Postscript

forums.freebsd.org

graphics/drm-61-kmod – currently corresponding to Linux 6.1 DRM

Can the 6.1-branch already be used somehow? … for FreeBSD 15.0 and above. added two days ago packages will appear at in due course. piizog I have a guess re: when 6.1 might appear in the ports tree. Appearance this month is much sooner than I guessed. kudos to developers. Context...
forums.freebsd.org forums.freebsd.org
 
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