This update brings few features:
o Support for the setmaster/dropmaster ioctls. For instance, they
are used to run multiple X servers simultaneously.
o Support for minor devices. The only user-visible change is a new
entry in /dev/dri but it is useless at the moment. This is a
first step to support render nodes [1].
The main benefit is to greatly reduce the diff with Linux (at the
expense of an unreadable commit diff). Hopefully, next upgrades will be
easier.
No updates were made to the drivers, beside adapting them to API
changes.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Rendering_Manager#Render_nodes
Tested by: Many people
MFC after: 1 month
Relnotes: yes
This feature is required by Mesa 9.2+. Without this, a GL application
crashes with the following message:
# glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
Gen6+ requires Kernel 3.6 or later.
Assertion failed: (ctx->Version > 0), function handle_first_current,
file ../../src/mesa/main/context.c, line 1498.
Abort (core dumped)
Now, Mesa 10.2.4 and 10.3-rc3 works fine:
# glxinfo
name of display: :0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
...
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 965GM
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 10.2.4
...
The code was imported from Linux 3.8.13.
Reviewed by: kib@
Tested by: kwm@, danfe@, Henry Hu,
Lundberg, Johannes <johannes@brilliantservice.co.jp>,
Johannes Dieterich <dieterich.joh@gmail.com>,
Lutz Bichler <lutz.bichler@gmail.com>,
MFC after: 3 days
Relnotes: yes
works with new generations of GPUs (IronLake, SandyBridge and
supposedly IvyBridge).
The driver is not connected to the build yet.
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 1 week