Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 12:30:09 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Andreas Nilsson <andrnils@gmail.com> Cc: 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: <20180518193009.GA88432@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <CAPS9%2BSv6SDWkbrEZruM4g2%2BOfw4ksvbtiMF=Q_towrMtJrgt1w@mail.gmail.com> References: <3a5edc5c-3caa-830b-4bd9-53ff52feb8a7@freebsd.org> <CAPS9%2BSv6SDWkbrEZruM4g2%2BOfw4ksvbtiMF=Q_towrMtJrgt1w@mail.gmail.com>
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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, and > > later extended by Jean-Sébastien Pédron as well as Konstantin 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 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. > 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. -- Steve 20170425 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWUpyCsUKR4 20161221 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbCHE-hONow
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