I’ve been working on FreeBSD for Intel for almost 6 months now. In the world of programmers, I am considered an old dog, and these 6 months have been all about learning new tricks. Luckily, I’ve found myself in a remarkably inclusive and receptive community whose patience seems plentiful. As I get ready to take […]
FreeBSD Work (week #2) This is ONLY week 2...
As I mentioned two weeks ago, I’ve transitioned into a new role at Intel. The team is very new and so a lot of my part right now is helping out in organizing the game plan. Last week I attended BSDCan 2018 as well as the FreeBSD dev summit. That trip in addition to feedback […]
i965 Compiler Architecture from 2015 Farewell Intel Graphics
After 8 years of doing graphics driver development in i915, i965, and misc for Intel, I have decided to take on other things. I will remain at Intel, and be working on… FreeBSD development. It’s a pretty vague gig at the moment, so I’d be happy to hear of areas in FreeBSD that you think […]
GEN Graphics and the URB WTF is a VUE
Introduction If you were waiting for a new post to learn something new about Intel GEN graphics, I am sorry. I started moving away from i915 kernel development about one year ago. Although I had worked landed patches in mesa before, it has taken me some time to get to a point where I had […]
A bit on Intel GPU frequency and a new tool to control it
I’ve had this post sitting in my drafts for the last 7 months. The code is stale, but the concepts are correct. I had intended to add some pictures before posting, but it’s clear that won’t happen now. Words are better than nothing, I suppose… Recently I pushed an intel-gpu-tool tool for modifying GPU frequencies. […]