Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 12:04:46 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: "DRM removal soon" is premature Message-ID: <CANCZdfqx%2BnLoV_bJU0cARxgz4ZBR-X_eZyFCVWzozuir5FqwnQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20190214190244.GA68143@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20190214180101.GB67712@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <CANCZdfqy%2Bs3QtEu%2BAhTm-HoJfByjeA9EeUGZ_3VrThvrcWvBow@mail.gmail.com> <20190214182419.GA67872@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <CANCZdfrBTjV-rqU-VNRkFeQV2449ebgqi9qAAXYR6J_wygfxPg@mail.gmail.com> <20190214190244.GA68143@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 12:02 PM Steve Kargl < sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 11:51:41AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 11:24 AM Steve Kargl < > > sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 11:08:18AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 11:01 AM Steve Kargl < > > > > > In your original post (which I cannot respond > > > to as I came too late to freebsd-arch), you wrote > > > > > > Since the drm-legacy-kmod or the drm-kmod packages seem to be > > > stable and working well for most people, the time has come to > > > finish the removal of most of the drm code in FreeBSD. > > > > > > I'm pointing out the fallacy of that statement for anyone > > > running freebsd-current on i386 who uses drm-legacy-kmod. > > > > > > > Hence my qualification of "most people" :) > > > > > Niclas proposed a fixed for drm-legacy-kmod here > > > > > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2019-February/022759.html > > > > > > I reported on testing his proposed fix here > > > > > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2019-February/022760.html > > > > > > and here > > > > > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2019-February/022762.html > > > > You might try this fix instead, though I don't think it will matter. I > > think the breakage you're seeing is a result of a subtle dependency in > the > > drm2/ttm code with FreeBSD's vm system. Even had it been connected to the > > build and fixed at the time, I don't think it would have mattered. > > > > I can't test the patch for several hours, and it will take > 6 to 7 hours to rebuild world/kernel. So, I'll have to report > back tomorrow. > You'd only need to rebuild sys/modules/drm2, since that's the only thing that will change with the patch. But I can wait. I won't be removing things before tomorrow. Warner
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