From owner-svn-ports-all@freebsd.org  Thu Oct 18 08:24:16 2018
Return-Path: <owner-svn-ports-all@freebsd.org>
Delivered-To: svn-ports-all@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 935E110D3D31;
 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 08:24:16 +0000 (UTC)
 (envelope-from zeising@freebsd.org)
Received: from mail.daemonic.se (mail.daemonic.se [IPv6:2607:f740:d:20::25])
 (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits))
 (Client did not present a certificate)
 by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 33275821AB;
 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 08:24:16 +0000 (UTC)
 (envelope-from zeising@freebsd.org)
Received: from cid.daemonic.se (localhost [IPv6:::1])
 by mail.daemonic.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42bMXG4WQSzDhqd;
 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 08:24:14 +0000 (UTC)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daemonic.se
Received: from mail.daemonic.se ([IPv6:::1]) (using TLS with cipher
 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256)
 by cid.daemonic.se (mailscanner.daemonic.se [IPv6:::1]) (amavisd-new,
 port 10587)
 with ESMTPS id Hfu2JkRn1esG; Thu, 18 Oct 2018 08:24:14 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from garnet.daemonic.se (host-90-236-212-80.mobileonline.telia.com
 [90.236.212.80])
 by mail.daemonic.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 42bMXF6sBJzDhFd;
 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 08:24:13 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: svn commit: r482322 - in head/x11-drivers: . xf86-video-ati
 xf86-video-ati-legacy
To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>,
 Johannes M Dieterich <jmd@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org,
 svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
References: <201810180210.w9I2A0mW033819@repo.freebsd.org>
 <20181018080505.GA50115@FreeBSD.org>
From: Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org>
Message-ID: <420823a4-02cb-e366-2282-818b7ba29c7c@freebsd.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 10:24:13 +0200
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21
MIME-Version: 1.0
In-Reply-To: <20181018080505.GA50115@FreeBSD.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Content-Language: en-US
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-BeenThere: svn-ports-all@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27
Precedence: list
List-Id: SVN commit messages for the ports tree <svn-ports-all.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/svn-ports-all>,
 <mailto:svn-ports-all-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/svn-ports-all/>
List-Post: <mailto:svn-ports-all@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:svn-ports-all-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-ports-all>,
 <mailto:svn-ports-all-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 08:24:16 -0000

On 10/18/18 10:05 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 02:10:00AM +0000, Johannes M Dieterich wrote:
>> New Revision: 482322
>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/482322
>>
>> Log:
>>    resurrect old port: xf86-video-ati@479538 as xf86-video-ati-legacy
>>    
>>    As there are some issues with the later xf86-video-ati revisions on old
>>    DRMs such as drm-legacy-kmod, resurrect the old version of the port as
>>    legacy. Add conflict with newer port. Note intended use in pkg-descr.
> 
> Hi Johannes,
> 
> Could you briefly describe those issues or point to a PR/email/wiki/etc.?

There are reports of X not working when using the updated xf86-video-ati 
DDX with drm-legacy-kmod or the DRM drivers in base.  See this PR for 
more details: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=231884

Regards
-- 
Niclas Zeising