On 11/24/2018 06:25 PM, Ken Moffat via blfs-support wrote:
On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 11:33:35AM -0600, rhubarbpieguy via blfs-support wrote:The Xorg Intel Driver-20180223 documentation states the following regarding kernel configuration: Only one of the lines “Intel I810” or “Intel 8xx/9xx...” needs to be selected. I see no "Intel i810" option with make menuconfig. Also, "If you select the latter, “Enable modesetting...” is needed too." confuses me. I assume that refers to "Intel 8xx/9xx..." However, I don't see that specific option, does it refer to 'Kernel modesetting driver for MGA G200 server engines?' I don't see another KMS option.I'm not sure what happened to the I810, and not really interested - it predated modern intel CPUs.
Agree. We can probably just delete everything in that paragraph after the first sentence.
Modesetting is probably now activated by DRM_KMS_HELPER, and that is now selected by at least the main in-kernel DRM drivers. Kernel options change, the book does not always keep up.
DRM_KMS_HELPER is selected by several different combinations of options, but it is not selected directly. For me it is
DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION [=y] && HAS_IOMEM [=y] && DRM [=y]
While I was checking on this I noticed that Skylake and later apparently need firmware to get the graphics working. I either didn't know, or had forgotten, that.
My skylake (i5-6500) originally had no firmware and did not have a problem with graphics. I am now using microcode-06-5e-03.img as an initrd now, but I don't think that does anything for graphics.
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