xf86-video-intel Gets Coffee Lake Support

[phoronix]

Phoronix: xf86-video-intel Gets Coffee Lake Support

The xf86-video-intel DDX driver now has support for the first "Coffee Lake" processors...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Coffee-Lake-Intel-DDX

[Aleksei]

Does anyone use xf86-video-intel anymore? There were so many problems with it and default modesetting driver works so well with X.

[rene]

does it also get an new tarball release, ever?

[Michael]

does it also get an new tarball release, ever?

From the article: "It's now been four years since the last stable release of xf86-video-intel and in that time working on xf86-video-intel 3.0 but even there the last development release was three years ago."

[davidbepo]

Does anyone use xf86-video-intel anymore? There were so many problems with it and default modesetting driver works so well with X.

ME altough im on broadwell if i was on skylake or newer i would use modesetting as SNA isn't tuned for skylake

[-MacNuke-]

I am using the modesetting driver on a Core 2 Duo (GMA X3100) notebook and on a Haswell (Iris Pro 5200) system. Don't know why I should use this crap. It has tearing problems all over the place and SNA is full of bugs.

[Guest]

Does anyone use xf86-video-intel anymore? There were so many problems with it and default modesetting driver works so well with X.

I do on a HD 630 (Kaby Lake); with GNOME, windows seem to move smoother than with modesetting.

I've done no real testing, but I feel the Intel DDX driver is more optimal than modesetting; Xorg's log reports 4 threads being used with intel, and SNA sounds better to be using for 2D (a dedicated 2D path vs passing it over 3D). And on a slightly different note, using the blt engine instead of SNA (AccelMethod=blt), seems even smoother.

With that said though, modesetting does seem to work. But I have no problems with the Intel DDX driver either.

[Tomin]

Does anyone use xf86-video-intel anymore? There were so many problems with it and default modesetting driver works so well with X.

I used to. Now I use Wayland.

[fulalas]

Don't know why I should use this crap. It has tearing problems all over the place and SNA is full of bugs.

Same for me. Modsetting has terrible diagonal tearing and I failed to find a solution for this. And xf86-intel has some problems with text corruption, especially with tool-tips. I'm using a Pentium G4560 (KabyLake).

[bridgman]

Did Intel actually send out bags of "8th generation" coffee ?