Open source driver by Oracle:
- S11: https://hg.openindiana.org/upstream/oracle/x-cons/x-s11-update-clone/file/bc8922b8e1d2/open-src/kernel/
- S12: https://hg.openindiana.org/upstream/oracle/x-cons/x-s12-clone/file/e4da6dabbc3a/open-src/kernel/
Relevant code is located in drm and i915 subfolders.
Martin Bochnig, creator of OpenSXCE, has backported the S12 driver to illumos, links to debug binaries in this email (mirrored as attachments to this page):
- http://openindiana.org/pipermail/oi-dev/2016-January/004059.html
- i915 -> /kernel/drv/amd64/
- drm_gem_kms -> /kernel/misc/amd64
References
Alan Coopersmith pointed to the following documents regarding DRI/KMS:
- http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Solaris-DRM-KMS-2015
- http://www.x.org/wiki/Events/XDC2015/Program/#Fishel_status_drm_i915_solaris
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Rendering_Manager
- http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/
- https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/kernel_mode_setting
- http://lanyrd.com/topics/x-window-system
Additionally, information about driver development:
- http://dri.freedesktop.org/docs/drm/
- http://blog.ffwll.ch/2013/01/i915gem-crashcourse-overview.html
- blog posts from the i915 Linux maintainer http://blog.ffwll.ch/
Testing
| System | Chipset | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Custom Test System | Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 | Working, Testing at 1920x1080 (Xeon E3-1285V4 w/Supermicro X10SLH-F motherboard) |
| Dell Precision M2800 | Intel HD Graphics 4600 | Working, Testing at 1920x1080 |
| ThinkCentre M91p | Intel HD Graphics 2000 | Working, tested from 1024x768 to 1920x1080, occasional glitches within the last 16pixels of the screen, crashes under heavy load. |
| ThinkPad X230 | Intel HD Graphics 4000 | Only basic testing, 1366x768. |
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