Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 21:14:24 +0200 From: Andreas Nilsson <andrnils@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD X11 mailing list <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Cc: Current FreeBSD <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver Message-ID: <CAPS9%2BSv6SDWkbrEZruM4g2%2BOfw4ksvbtiMF=Q_towrMtJrgt1w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3a5edc5c-3caa-830b-4bd9-53ff52feb8a7@freebsd.org> References: <3a5edc5c-3caa-830b-4bd9-53ff52feb8a7@freebsd.org>
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On Fri, May 18, 2018, 20:00 Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org> wrote: > [ Cross posted to freebsd-current@ and freebsd-x11@. Please respect > reply-to and send all replies to freebsd-x11@. Thanks! ] > > > Hi! > I propose that we remove the old drm2 driver (sys/dev/drm2) from > FreeBSD. I suggest the driver is marked as deprecated in 11.x and > removed from 12.0, as was done for other drivers recently. Some > background and rationale: > > The drm2 driver was the original port of a KMS driver to FreeBSD. It > was done by Konstantin Belousov to support Intel graphics cards, and > later extended by Jean-S=C3=A9bastien P=C3=A9dron as well as Konstantin t= o match > what's in Linux 3.8. This included unstable support from Haswell, but > nothing newer than that. > > For quite some time now we have had the graphics/drm-stable-kmod and > graphics/drm-next-kmods which provides support for modern AMD and Intel > graphics cards. These ports, together with the linuxkpi, or lkpi, has > made it significantly easier to port and update our graphics drivers. > Further, these new drivers cover the same drivers as the old drm2 driver. > > What does the community think? Is there anyone still using the drm2 > driver on 12-CURRENT? If so, what is preventing you from switching to > the port? > > Thank you > Regards > -- > Niclas Zeising > FreeBSD x11/graphics team > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " > Sounds good ( deprecate resp remove ). It causes more confusion and problems and it solves nothing. Best regards Andreas >
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