Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 11:59:44 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, x11@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] xorg version switch in CURRENT Message-ID: <201312231159.44394.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmo=PkVcrnY2vx=HPpm%2BPka44AhkBTgfSRQQAru2gPwxE4w@mail.gmail.com> References: <52AEE215.1060806@freebsd.org> <20131217200756.GA46033@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <CAJ-Vmo=PkVcrnY2vx=HPpm%2BPka44AhkBTgfSRQQAru2gPwxE4w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 3:15:33 pm Adrian Chadd wrote: > I'm rapidly wondering if building this way should become unsupported. Too > muxh unknown stuff is needed at startup and wed have to load all firmware > bits to make it remotely work. The Intel driver (i915kms) does not need firmware bits. Radeon does, but those could be statically compiled in for people who want this. The drivers should be fixed. They never worked with syscons because syscons didn't work once KMS was enabled, but they should be able to work with newcons. -- John Baldwin
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