On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 18:05:47 +0200 Lars Engels <lars.eng...@0x20.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 11:26:06AM +0100, David Chisnall wrote: > > On 12 Jul 2013, at 10:01, "Lundberg, Johannes" > > <johan...@brilliantservice.co.jp> wrote: > > > > >> As the KMS code does not switch the display mode back, once X > > >> with KMS > > > starts, you can't get a console back. > > > > > > Is there any solution for this in the works? > > > > Yes. ray@ is currently being funded by the FreeBSD Foundation to > > improve Newcons compatibility with KMS. The Newcons framework is > > designed to improve layering in the console. The machine-dependent > > part simply provides a framebuffer interface, the > > machine-independent part provides the terminal emulator (this also > > means things like unicode in the console will work, as will > > higher-resolution consoles). It's currently used on a few non-x86 > > platforms, but it wasn't a priority for x86 because the PC BIOS > > text console mostly works and people who want a better terminal can > > just run X. It's now become a priority because of the KMS > > integration with X.org. Once this work is completed, we will > > switch to a new X.org by default and will use the KMS interface > > within the kernel for selecting the video mode. > > Is there a rough ETA for this great improvement? I hope first things to test will be available on begin of the August. But it is just hope yet :) Thanks. -- Aleksandr Rybalko <r...@freebsd.org> _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
