From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Sun Sep 3 16:51:13 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@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 A2BFFE142F8; Sun, 3 Sep 2017 16:51:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cy.schubert@komquats.com) Received: from smtp-out-no.shaw.ca (smtp-out-no.shaw.ca [64.59.134.13]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "Client", Issuer "CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 564F17190A; Sun, 3 Sep 2017 16:51:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cy.schubert@komquats.com) Received: from spqr.komquats.com ([96.50.22.10]) by shaw.ca with SMTP id oY6ydnzrdM9gtoY6zdUysN; Sun, 03 Sep 2017 10:51:06 -0600 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.2 cv=a+JAzQaF c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=jvE2nwUzI0ECrNeyr98KWA==:117 a=jvE2nwUzI0ECrNeyr98KWA==:17 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=2JCJgTwv5E4A:10 a=YxBL1-UpAAAA:8 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=BWvPGDcYAAAA:8 a=NEHEcJ74qUXLnIKBCx0A:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=Ia-lj3WSrqcvXOmTRaiG:22 a=IjZwj45LgO3ly-622nXo:22 a=pxhY87DP9d2VeQe4joPk:22 Received: from slippy.cwsent.com (slippy [10.1.1.91]) by spqr.komquats.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3FB5C1742; Sun, 3 Sep 2017 09:51:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from slippy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by slippy.cwsent.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v83Gp3He026291; Sun, 3 Sep 2017 09:51:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com) Message-Id: <201709031651.v83Gp3He026291@slippy.cwsent.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.8.0 04/21/2012 with nmh-1.6 Reply-to: Cy Schubert From: Cy Schubert X-os: FreeBSD X-Sender: cy@cwsent.com X-URL: http://www.cschubert.com/ To: blubee blubeeme cc: David Chisnall , Cy Schubert , freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, Johannes M Dieterich , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] future of drm1 in base In-Reply-To: Message from blubee blubeeme of "Sun, 03 Sep 2017 10:27:58 -0000." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2017 09:51:03 -0700 X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfGPeba3LhtkOZKCoFtWlnC2USMORDJoe/l1tlJpsW80qj3LI2hvHgHYQ6y4UqyekMwzXc46Yse2rSbu27KIN6z7grWjBSAgqRjSafYumSMr5vnI6+W8c ZimNEJne70Cl7K/1LgSG/IYhIIGMglr2WOtOCX9BFJr1PUDvVAsfmQhacZanYIWfv0lkTNHZUU9jPh5vxE2e+IZCkyD8c9Ux7Xs+rSWsafjL0lr20d+3RDpb HXVxIZSmzE2M3UJIiSDWpCwdMbs0WYzW7hdIyS5rnxSThvV9tpA8k6OVDnYCMG5hsYLYWJo2UZ8OqUxfJXCWvA== X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2017 16:51:13 -0000 (Replying inline) In message , blubee blubeeme writes: > 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 I wouldn't mind taking care of and feeding the new port if it's created. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert FreeBSD UNIX: Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few. > > 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"