Testing the new i915 driver

[Jean-Sébastien Pédron]

On 09.10.2015 00:49, Shawn Webb wrote:
> After re-applying your branch, everything compiles fine. Here's a few
> things I've learned:
> 
> 1) Do _NOT_ put i915kms_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf. Doing so
>    results in a non-bootable system. The boot process gets stuck at
>    mounting root. It exits with error 5 (no clue what that means).

Ok. I will test loading the module at boot later when it is stable enough.

> 2) Attempting to play video using any native video player (VLC, mpv,
>    etc.) causes a kernel panic (link to core.txt below) when the
>    application exits.

This panic is fixed.

>    No video plays, however. Strangely, I can still
>    watch YouTube videos in Chromium.

Thanks, I didn't tested this use case so far. What output module do you
use in VLC? XVideo? OpenGL? Something else? This information is
available in the preferences dialog, after clicking "Show settings (X)
All", under the Video > Output modules section.

> 3) Other than that, I'm loving i915 Haswell on my Lenovo Y50-70. I owe
>    you a drink of your choosing if/when we meet.

Thank you very much for the test!

-- 
Jean-Sébastien Pédron

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