Dell Precision 17 7720 (introduced in 2018)
Values from FreeBSD 12.x as of March 10 2018.
Hardware Overview
- CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7920HQ CPU @ 3.10GHz
Wireless: Wireless 8265 / 8275, supported by iwm(4), works
Wired Ethernet: Ethernet Connection (5) I219-LM, recognized by em(4), not tested
Graphics1: CPU-builtin works with the intel X.org driver
- Graphics2: Radeon Pro WX 7100 Mobile, works with amdgpu kernel module from graphics/drm-next-kmod and with amdgpu X.org driver from x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu. 3D acceleration works in 4K resolution.
- Sound: CM238 HD Audio Controller, works
- Suspend/resume: does not work
Config required
- Add kld_list="amdgpu coretemp if_iwm" to /etc/rc.conf
Issues
- The builtin touchpad does not work out of the box. I was not able to get it to work (please help me: vd at freebsd dot org).
Notes
- It is possible to disable automatic switching between CPU-builtin video card and the real one (Radeon) in the BIOS.
- Kernel amdgpu only works out of the box when BIOS is set to legacy boot (not UEFI).