Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2017 10:27:58 +0000 From: blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> To: David Chisnall <theraven@freebsd.org>, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, Johannes M Dieterich <jmd@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] future of drm1 in base Message-ID: <CALM2mEkyh2-aE3%2BtCxkZa3ZH_xWX9uB1mFQfceOsaOZj=V4HhQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <288500A4-AF22-465D-AAE7-794BEED3A5E5@FreeBSD.org> References: <201709030531.v835VNEt023765@slippy.cwsent.com> <288500A4-AF22-465D-AAE7-794BEED3A5E5@FreeBSD.org>
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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 <theraven@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 3 Sep 2017, at 06:31, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> 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"
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