Re: graphics/drm-kmod which version is installed on -current?

[Chris]

On 2025-04-19 12:03, Kevin Oberman wrote:

On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM Chris <portmas...@bsdforge.com> wrote:

I'm upgrading a laptop running 15-current on an IdeaPad with
"Alder Lake Innovation Platform Framework Processor Participant"
(intel i3). It's a year out and I only waited because getting
(almost) everything to work then was a bit of a challenge. I
want to update it now to enjoy all the progress that's been done.
As all the hardware this runs on *should* mostly all work out
of the box. I've been doing a fair amount of investigation and
ran into a question on the graphics/drm-kmod. pkg-descr indicates
"CURRENT receives the most recent development DRM" which at the
time of this writing is 6.6 (I'm on 6.1). But looking at the
Makefile, the conditional only appears to go as far as 6.1.
I only ask because as part of my world/kernel dance I use
src.conf to suck in video. So should I pick thee 66-kmod
or can I depend on drm-kmod to make the right choice?
Sorry this is long winded and thank you for your time and advice.

--Chris

This really should go to x...@freebsd.org.

Right. But I'm already on 8 lists (including commit lists) and
not on x11. current also seemed appropriate. But point well taken. :)

If I understand, 6.6 is still considered development.

Sure. Given I'm already expected to take the risks involved with CURRENT. I'm

it built with the build world/kernel. Which I see below will not happen. So
thank you for taking the time to put me on the correct path.

fine taking the chance with 6.6. I guess my main concern was more with getting

It should work fine
tor Alder Lake-P systems, but, since it is new and has had limited testing
on a wide array of platforms, it may not work as hoped. I plan on updating
my Alder Lake (not -P) to 6.6 in a few days, but I have not gotten around
to it. Also, it requires OSVERSION >= 1500023. You must explicitly install
graphics/drm-66-kmod. I assume that drm-kmod will be bumped to 6.6 when
there has been enough usage to feel confident that it is OK on all devices
that are now running 6.1.

I am not a developer, so I may not correctly understand the status of 6.6
and x11 is the place to get any answers.

Thanks for taking the time to reply, Kevin! :)

--Chris

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