From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Fri May 18 19:12:51 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7748ED608C; Fri, 18 May 2018 19:12:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cy.schubert@cschubert.com) Received: from smtp-out-so.shaw.ca (smtp-out-so.shaw.ca [64.59.136.138]) (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 24C0984CBD; Fri, 18 May 2018 19:12:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cy.schubert@cschubert.com) Received: from spqr.komquats.com ([70.67.125.17]) by shaw.ca with ESMTPA id JknxfcSLz5wO5JknyfKlOP; Fri, 18 May 2018 13:12:43 -0600 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=SJtsqtnH c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=VFtTW3WuZNDh6VkGe7fA3g==:117 a=VFtTW3WuZNDh6VkGe7fA3g==:17 a=VUJBJC2UJ8kA:10 a=YxBL1-UpAAAA:8 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=kfqetBiWL20DLmbj0dEA:9 a=Mko7QwP8A-Fn5Cgz:21 a=XyS4Itba-1nQL2I0:21 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=ayh4KuAN70hAMfvHlcAA:9 a=HgYwxTq5jBfRq67n:21 a=jFgkPnztwZeY-EKZ:21 a=mW0igfanQaLJB1Xb:21 a=_W_S_7VecoQA:10 a=Ia-lj3WSrqcvXOmTRaiG:22 a=IjZwj45LgO3ly-622nXo:22 Received: from [25.170.45.77] (unknown [72.143.234.207]) by spqr.komquats.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AC74AB5D; Fri, 18 May 2018 12:12:39 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Cy Schubert Subject: RE: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 12:12:43 -0700 To: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" , "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" Message-Id: <20180518191239.AC74AB5D@spqr.komquats.com> X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfJJ5GeWMvH0cadamxO8HijqRXW+CCtSyYVcq72Bu96m3g3tbKERmn/ZGuWNnzlr8K0oaUIRgQBPHJU3MSsbXndDPbHglb3ruBBcm/cTZzHGktcyfW2Hn uYaWTlajLU2UN4w3wxdyUckX8AODIQAmYTUyORbGXLeAobLSzCL/fgXCB1tdtkBRubsjFTixyJ7f6x+aVN0qXpjGJLJqMPSfE+pscWcxNkA1SYdJJoQRhcVO Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.26 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 19:12:52 -0000 The port doesn't support i386. --- Sent using a tiny phone keyboard. Apologies for any typos and autocorrect. Also, this old phone only supports top post. Apologies. Cy Schubert or The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few. --- -----Original Message----- From: Niclas Zeising Sent: 18/05/2018 11:00 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver [ Cross posted to freebsd-current@ and freebsd-x11@. Please respect =0A= reply-to and send all replies to freebsd-x11@. Thanks! ]=0A= =0A= =0A= Hi!=0A= I propose that we remove the old drm2 driver (sys/dev/drm2) from =0A= FreeBSD. I suggest the driver is marked as deprecated in 11.x and =0A= removed from 12.0, as was done for other drivers recently. Some =0A= background and rationale:=0A= =0A= The drm2 driver was the original port of a KMS driver to FreeBSD. It =0A= was done by Konstantin Belousov to support Intel graphics cards, and =0A= later extended by Jean-S=C3=A9bastien P=C3=A9dron as well as Konstantin to = match =0A= what's in Linux 3.8. This included unstable support from Haswell, but =0A= nothing newer than that.=0A= =0A= For quite some time now we have had the graphics/drm-stable-kmod and =0A= graphics/drm-next-kmods which provides support for modern AMD and Intel =0A= graphics cards. These ports, together with the linuxkpi, or lkpi, has =0A= made it significantly easier to port and update our graphics drivers. =0A= Further, these new drivers cover the same drivers as the old drm2 driver.= =0A= =0A= What does the community think? Is there anyone still using the drm2 =0A= driver on 12-CURRENT? If so, what is preventing you from switching to =0A= the port?=0A= =0A= Thank you=0A= Regards=0A= -- =0A= Niclas Zeising=0A= FreeBSD x11/graphics team=0A= _______________________________________________=0A= freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list=0A= https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current=0A= To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"= =0A=