Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 23:01:31 +0200 From: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> To: Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver Message-ID: <20180529230131.211ff1da@oxy> In-Reply-To: <50b21ccf-f89d-cfd0-fb23-39ba80732143@freebsd.org> References: <3a5edc5c-3caa-830b-4bd9-53ff52feb8a7@freebsd.org> <50b21ccf-f89d-cfd0-fb23-39ba80732143@freebsd.org>
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On Tue, 29 May 2018 21:28:49 +0200 Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org> wrote: >On 05/18/18 19:58, Niclas Zeising wrote: >> [ Cross posted to freebsd-current@ and freebsd-x11@.=C2=A0 Please respect >> reply-to and send all replies to freebsd-x11@.=C2=A0 Thanks! ] >> >> [...] >> >> What does the community think?=C2=A0 Is there anyone still using the drm2 >> driver on 12-CURRENT?=C2=A0 If so, what is preventing you from switching= to >> the port? >> > > >Wow, this blew up quite a lot bigger than I anticipated. I'll try to >summarize the discussion a bit below and then suggest a way forward. > > [...] > >To move forward, we'll do the following: Note that this is for current >only. >We take the drm and drm2 drivers and make a port for it, maintained by >the graphics team (x11@). After a transition period, then the drivers >are removed from base. At the same time, pkg-messages are added to >relevant places to point people to the various available drm drivers. Let's also remember about our handbooks and those two wiki page: * https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics * https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/FAQ
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