Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 21:12:26 +0100 From: Johannes Lundberg <johalun0@gmail.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, Andreas Nilsson <andrnils@gmail.com>, FreeBSD X11 mailing list <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>, Current FreeBSD <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver Message-ID: <CAECmPwumz5mU=y0bt3za89NN9F3wbn5gyAJSi23-tCuYyzPv7g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfoMrFCyPteChSWgfYRY-uOyazzR0ZbYvp_OVmXRTe-Hqw@mail.gmail.com> References: <3a5edc5c-3caa-830b-4bd9-53ff52feb8a7@freebsd.org> <CAPS9%2BSv6SDWkbrEZruM4g2%2BOfw4ksvbtiMF=Q_towrMtJrgt1w@mail.gmail.com> <20180518193009.GA88432@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <CANCZdfoMrFCyPteChSWgfYRY-uOyazzR0ZbYvp_OVmXRTe-Hqw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 9:03 PM, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 1:30 PM, Steve Kargl < > sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > > > On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 09:14:24PM +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > > > On Fri, May 18, 2018, 20:00 Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org> > wrote: > > > > > > > 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, an= d > > > > later extended by Jean-S=C3=A9bastien P=C3=A9dron as well as Konsta= ntin to > 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 an= d > > > > 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 driver= s. > > > > Further, these new drivers cover the same drivers as the old drm2 > > driver. > > > > > > > > What does the community think? Is there anyone still using the drm= 2 > > > > 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. > > > > > > > Check the Makefiles > > > > % more /usr/ports/graphics/drm-next-kmod/Makefile > > > > ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3D amd64 > > ONLY_FOR_ARCHS_REASON=3D the new KMS components are only supported on > amd64 > > > > Not to ia32 friendly. > > > > So do people use i386 for desktop? And need the latest KMS stuff? > Yeah I was wondering the same.. If you're running i386, do you need drm drivers? Will scfb work an i386? (probably has legacy bios and if I remember correctly, scfb is UEFI only) I do feel sorry for anyone who would have to revert back to VESA... Would it be too much trouble to move it to a port? > > Warner > _______________________________________________ > 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= " >
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