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From: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver
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On Fri, 18 May 2018, Warner Losh wrote:

> On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 1:30 PM, Steve Kargl <
> sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Check the Makefiles
>>
>> % more /usr/ports/graphics/drm-next-kmod/Makefile
>>
>> ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= amd64
>> ONLY_FOR_ARCHS_REASON=  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?

I can easily imagine an embedded x86 kiosk type appliance.  Does
basic xorg stuff work without drm?

-- 
DE