From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Fri May 18 19:14:36 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 DABEEED613E; Fri, 18 May 2018 19:14:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrnils@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lf0-x233.google.com (mail-lf0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c07::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3E9DA84DA9; Fri, 18 May 2018 19:14:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrnils@gmail.com) Received: by mail-lf0-x233.google.com with SMTP id 16-v6so15464026lfs.13; Fri, 18 May 2018 12:14:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=8djXp2Ssf+gan03jycCxC7/Cspip8TLbvDIXGw4xurY=; b=Asr0j/MoVakBvVJTn4w6vFFXR+l1g3kMGmJ7ZXPLBWeLWz7PiqtoXUTTK9EI9ARQlQ bnWD2F4KcpWgT+0pq728SjPE28C4NoxXUlQrjtV7zC3PVbd12qndAEl9OoCNk8M9cJUf MaeJjuPXzNrSNCSLg6kTGj0HpmRJjbHzA7TBkhofsKdqNyNV1vp8Es4uCmL4qGEfqPQ1 OHVElbpTMR3uAXTkiS7ccx77pLDCdBJsG/e1lzDNoKqAc75um68k8u+TBpYVXyiE7DA5 Jc3HeRfRWwo/uXvNM+iZctk2qc5+Hw2WlywxzhxfX5FPcIOBrUhxIcvYD3PUysrNMjeD LW8Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=8djXp2Ssf+gan03jycCxC7/Cspip8TLbvDIXGw4xurY=; b=Ok6g0ESswCMyelcDUjc9Di747lx3yebXFO3XYqqM/Kkzfi0q2y6Rhoz0WyErOruS5+ nuufLfIdv3dlhPYVV1a1UCSfrXKUz7yFy8rK+jpEUTZpkVqCmTxzblM1C4WdeyDRmq3D gzWENwTnMKjNQiDYVaXMgewCwo6ZGdyyiLY7FfDuc1ifMuMqaD68S5BuuNLMu4Qfkvvv GfGnPDYyTVoic1zQ37m4IBRRG+rx4vZtkFxvQIXieQ5erEykPK4HlLAsQoFGjHdqG5XI opCqANooGf0jkHyL6F2+QbLtsHg7bjDLRiGjzyxidcMrIxlqZyHjWhxCdenF9083D0ck zAnA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALKqPwe2bhQBISe6XNeopT/jbe+2e2Ucmera5udGc5TSXV++erxZwwDZ Gij67IOhwTBw+E3GOrPaferhhHSvuldbCWx/Pfk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AB8JxZrsicZuoPss0ZdJeXlvgxMpTnvzRlkLLhaocU+JkRsom2jxlSeolbp4Xje/hqROdPJqBZiiJ0fO0+etD0HXY6U= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:954b:: with SMTP id t11-v6mr6828090ljh.138.1526670873377; Fri, 18 May 2018 12:14:33 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <3a5edc5c-3caa-830b-4bd9-53ff52feb8a7@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <3a5edc5c-3caa-830b-4bd9-53ff52feb8a7@freebsd.org> From: Andreas Nilsson Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 21:14:24 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver To: FreeBSD X11 mailing list Cc: Current FreeBSD 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 19:14:36 -0000 On Fri, May 18, 2018, 20:00 Niclas Zeising 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 >