gfx-next future in ports ( was gfx-next update: drm-4.8-rc2 tagged in drm-next )

[Andreas Nilsson]

Hello,

first, thanks for the amazing work Matthew and everyone else!

 > > Eventually all the requisite patches to sys will make it in at which
 > > point drm-next-<n> will become available as a port allowing one to
 > > install the drivers just as one installs xorg and the ddx today.
 > > Keeping it as a port will allow us to decouple freebsd releases from
 > > graphics developments making it possible to support the latest
 > > hardware on near EOL branches.

Does this mean that all kms-enabled drivers will be removed from the main
tree and shipped as  ports, or will the ports modules have higher priority
and be loaded before the ones included in GENERIC?

I met quite a few people at EuroBSDcon running drm-next-4.7 on recent intel
cpuswith great success. The only lacking bits seems to be brightness
adjustment and suspend2ram ( screen remains off ). Is there anybody to
nudge/sponsor to have those areas looked into?

Best regards
Andreas