Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2017 09:51:03 -0700 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> To: blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> Cc: David Chisnall <theraven@freebsd.org>, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com>, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, Johannes M Dieterich <jmd@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] future of drm1 in base Message-ID: <201709031651.v83Gp3He026291@slippy.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Message from blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> of "Sun, 03 Sep 2017 10:27:58 -0000." <CALM2mEkyh2-aE3%2BtCxkZa3ZH_xWX9uB1mFQfceOsaOZj=V4HhQ@mail.gmail.com>
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(Replying inline) In message <CALM2mEkyh2-aE3+tCxkZa3ZH_xWX9uB1mFQfceOsaOZj=V4HhQ@mail.gmail.c om> , 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 <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> 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 <theraven@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > On 3 Sep 2017, at 06:31, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> 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"
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