Non-profit organization FreeBSD Foundation published a report on the achievements of the project to improve the work of FreeBSD on laptops launched six months ago, receiving an investment of $750,000. The project’s goal is to tailor FreeBSD to meet the needs of modern laptop users.
Basic plans and achievements:
- Prepared documentation for developers to transfer updates of DRM drivers from Linux to FreeBSD. Ported DRM drivers from the Linux 6.7 kernel, tested I915 and AMDGPU drivers, and outlined work on phased synchronization of graphic drivers with Linux 6.12 core.
- Prepared prototype IWX drivers for Wi-Fi chips found on OpenBSD driver code, supporting 802.11a/b/g. Currently testing the driver in the general public.
- Initiated work to support low energy consumption modes s0ix and (Suspend-to-idle), along with supporting sleeping mode s4 on some laptop models.
- Explored the opportunity to transfer virtual machines into sleep mode.
- Created tools for transitioning to the use of PKGBASE, including using pkgbase in the installer.
- Created a list of supported FreeBSD laptops, including the Framework Laptop 13 and 7 other candidates.
/Reports, release notes, official announcements.