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31.Dd October 9, 2019
32.Dt I915 4
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm i915
36.Nd Driver for Intel i915 family integrated graphics chipsets
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Nm
40driver provides support for integrated graphics chips by Intel.
41Please refer the
42.Sx Loader Tunables
43section in
44.Xr syscons 4
45for more information about how to make the console work with
46.Nm .
47.Sh LOADER TUNABLES
48Tunables can be set at the
49.Xr loader 8
50prompt before booting the kernel or stored in
51.Xr loader.conf 5 .
52.Bl -tag -width "xxxxxx"
53.It Va drm.i915.disable_aux_irq
54When non-zero, disable interrupt usage for DisplayPort AUX channel.
55This option doesn't affect GPU models older than Generation 5 (Ironlake).
56Can be used as a workaround in cases where DisplayPort panel
57initialization is unreliable, which often leaves a blank screen after the
58.Nm
59module was loaded.
60.br
611 = don't use AUX IRQ, 0 = auto (default).
62.It Va drm.i915.enable_psr
63Enable PSR (panel self refresh), only relevant for Haswell and Broadwell
64CPUs.
651 = enable, 0 = disable (default).
66To maximize PSR usage, it can be beneficial to set
67.Va hw.dri.vblank_offdelay
68(see
69.Xr drm 4 )
70to a sufficiently low value (or
71.Li -1 ) ,
72to minimize vblank interrupt activity.
73.It Va drm.i915.enable_execlists
74Override execlists usage on Broadwell IGPs (no effect on other IGP models).
75Disabling execlists reverts to legacy ringbuffer mode.
76-1 = auto (default), 0 = disable, 1 = enable
77.El
78.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
79If display backlight level can be controlled by the GPU (which is often
80the case in notebooks), the sysctl
81.Va hw.backlight_level
82can be used to adjust the backlight level.
83Permitted values are from 0 to the value of
84.Va hw.backlight_max .
85.Sh SEE ALSO
86.Xr drm 4 ,
87.Xr syscons 4
88.Sh HISTORY
89The
90.Nm
91driver was first available for Linux.
92