Re: [9front] igfx update

[Stanley Lieber <sl@stanleylieber.com>]

for reference, displayport output on my thinkpad x301 worked with vesa but never with igfx.

sl


> On Aug 14, 2022, at 2:02 PM, qwx@sciops.net wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I just pushed fixes for the intel graphics driver, thanks to which
> mode setting now works on the x250 (broadwell).  It has helped get a
> (garbled) picture on some monitors which didn't previously work at all,
> on haswell and broadwell machines.  Regression tests on several
> machines of other generations did not show any issues.
> 
> For most machines, regardless of generation, output to an external
> monitor via displayport is broken (since always?), but there are some
> ideas on where the problem might be.  VGA output for haswell/broadwell
> is still unimplemented, however HDMI/DVI usually do work.  The
> hardware cursor on the x250 and some gm965 machines is also broken.
> There is a small chance that these fixes may help with these issues
> in some cases, but it's unlikely.
> 
> Please report any breakage :)
> 
> Thanks,
> qwx
>