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Date:      Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:08:08 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        x11@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 216313] x11-drivers/xf86-video-fbdev: remove useless driver (Linux framebuffer)
Message-ID:  <bug-216313-7141-Zg2B2hjzzj@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
In-Reply-To: <bug-216313-7141@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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matthew@reztek.cz has reassigned Bugzilla Automation <bugzilla@FreeBSD.org>'s
request for maintainer-feedback to x11@FreeBSD.org:
Bug 216313: x11-drivers/xf86-video-fbdev: remove useless driver (Linux
framebuffer)
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=216313



--- Description ---
Created attachment 179136
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=179136&action=edit
remove x11-drivers/xf86-video-fbdev

The fbdev driver is only for Linux framebuffer. We have scfb for
console/framebuffer output. This driver could never be used so it should not be
in ports. It should be removed same as xf86-video-tga (Alpha TGA gfx) and
xf86-video-newport (SGI Indy Newport gfx) were previously purged.



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