Add a new group named 'video' with the id of 44. And make drm create

devices in /dev/dri/ with this new group.

This will allow ports and users to more easily access to these devices
for OpenGL and OpenCL support.

Reviewed by:	dumbbell@
Approved by:	dumbbell@
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1260

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index bc05d3c..bd2d45d 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 11.x IS SLOW:
 	disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
 	"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
 
+20150809:
+	The default group assigned to /dev/dri entries has been changed
+	from 'wheel' to 'video' with the id of '44'. If you want to have
+	access to the dri devices please add yourself to the video group
+	with:
+
+	# pw groupmod video -m $USER
+
 20150806:
 	The menu.rc and loader.rc files will now be replaced during 
 	upgrades. Please migrate local changes to menu.rc.local and