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Old 19th April 2013
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Originally Posted by RJPugh View Post
Where can I learn more about Kernel Mode Settings?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_setting
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I'm using FreeBSD 9.1...
And https://wiki.freebsd.org/Intel_GPU.

I'm an OpenBSD user, and as mentioned above, KMS for select Intel graphics was added to the development branch (-current) in March of this year (announcement and details). As a user, the impact to me is:
  • The X Window System Aperture Driver xf86(4) no longer requires access to the first physical megabyte of system memory for INT 10H emulation. Instead, it only requires access to the framebuffer. This is a security improvement.
  • I get a nifty, and to-my-eyes very nice looking framebuffer for console use.
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