From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Sun Sep 3 10:28:11 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5330DE04299; Sun, 3 Sep 2017 10:28:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gurenchan@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vk0-x22c.google.com (mail-vk0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c05::22c]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 05948666B6; Sun, 3 Sep 2017 10:28:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gurenchan@gmail.com) Received: by mail-vk0-x22c.google.com with SMTP id q189so8970477vke.4; Sun, 03 Sep 2017 03:28:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=6TStfYTNtyXqrabEpHMG4dOT88yHKwdvnlv1uIMu91M=; b=HYOCcnbIR/a2qHSSYHXHYUbkJr4HgYLHpyBiTJd8p/s1nMdKyRYnhri6/xH4Ujhkjw IVAcGfcR9CzKMnl6xM3rveeTudKKBHfl0REhxe9hl484HiCmqkbbchgbo7XwTquXMU9Q +DGKCAANdmTWqONdi+JHHR7vu6nRNvgcpoigimPnRVYON8FvbakhuXDTQIeZhopjggIF rVKDn/Fdh9v/sZK5ySaV4Znh+w7iB1sj+jnReKLEY2ArqN8dpYvtQdZI8YNrAxSkoeD+ Fs1rDTJImy9fOFNbSfi2Vu9e694WL/dUoiSwn6zyyzNrgUP/HDERgGVVdPDZwsEGuI3B wuZw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=6TStfYTNtyXqrabEpHMG4dOT88yHKwdvnlv1uIMu91M=; b=SKiV6vEcYaAp3Ux6NgNvq+j7BfoUyHR/7sabHv0esnegp3iKL5EkckNOH5UHdYStOg /CvqAUtdAQ81JCvPLZPJK29KsEkSf8+dMygzCMCpw7XB67jtSGvCrqpLE4NAS7Dt56BH JJzn3qjOEouz947se0aOOmCTbhTPvAFg3/jShaL9mD4jd02P1S28XaJWSHb1IcZwx//j sWqW2hjETE7zWSw9F0yecgWSvOSc4//HCUdxeH5Gg/uS/dj3WcLnYl5krLDQK21Slmqv elElxciJZ+RKaE1zdB9O1Q3SfdzQFGzJjCVjv1zguQh1gyGGVUmAYooKsd9G8FrR24xY bGhA== X-Gm-Message-State: AHPjjUjl17KOYZ/2uJgRAEvjPhEsGgYgtk5hIfPbcMxySsmFsjvBvzro kTriCfAOZHvpJVbKb8s2sqzXbX3uLw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADKCNb4tREqurrdkwuOCEWnAC/Qm/KmyDcFKfoxZYhriy3NxhXoseqGGPT36Ho6ElBN4hBI+tcqNs8O9cuXJZx4hRho= X-Received: by 10.31.192.133 with SMTP id q127mr4456830vkf.20.1504434489721; Sun, 03 Sep 2017 03:28:09 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <201709030531.v835VNEt023765@slippy.cwsent.com> <288500A4-AF22-465D-AAE7-794BEED3A5E5@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <288500A4-AF22-465D-AAE7-794BEED3A5E5@FreeBSD.org> From: blubee blubeeme Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2017 10:27:58 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFC] future of drm1 in base To: David Chisnall , Cy Schubert Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, Johannes M Dieterich , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2017 10:28:11 -0000 I also have a current machine with one of those listed gpu. A friend got hacked on windows, I got them setup with a ryzen chip and no integrated GPU. Finding a supported gpu was a challenge but, those old drivers allow the machine to have display. Please try to maintain the older drivers, thanks. Best, Owen On Sun, Sep 3, 2017, 18:03 David Chisnall wrote: > On 3 Sep 2017, at 06:31, Cy Schubert wrote: > > > > Thanks for the heads up Johannes. I currently have three machines that > each > > run ATI r128, mach64 and the last one an mga card. I normally use my i9= 45 > > and i915 laptops (mostly the former) but on occasion I may fire up X on > one > > of the other three. Having a drm-legacy port in the tree would benefit = to > > me. > > It=E2=80=99s been quite a while since I used any of these (though much of= the list > is very familiar), but the last machine I ran with a mach64 card was fast= er > with the vesa driver than with the =E2=80=98accelerated=E2=80=99 driver (= as I recall, it > was a 500MHz Pentium III). I suspect the real question is not whether > people have machines that use these cards, but whether they do anything > with them where they=E2=80=99d notice the lack of acceleration. > > David > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"