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Date:      Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:30:59 -0700
From:      Matthew Macy <mat.macy@gmail.com>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, fullermd@over-yonder.net,  freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: drm2 in base
Message-ID:  <CAPrugNrf1BwDXXwxrdh-eeqNa=yr1f1ERApmcaPfV4h2KeS4oQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfq0E=euENS_ougvDXB_p5pji6vwOhf0nMCuN_jEQmg6hQ@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20180928180002.GA957@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20180928194739.GH32731@over-yonder.net> <20180928200102.GA2631@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <CANCZdfq0E=euENS_ougvDXB_p5pji6vwOhf0nMCuN_jEQmg6hQ@mail.gmail.com>

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On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 1:22 PM Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 2:02 PM Steve Kargl <
> sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 02:47:39PM -0500, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 11:00:02AM -0700 I heard the voice of
> > > Steve Kargl, and lo! it spake thus:
> > > >
> > > > I have a radeon HD 6450 video card (CAICOS firmware), and have been
> > > > informed that the hardware is too old for graphics/drm-stable-kmod
> > > > and that I should use graphics/drm-legacy-kmod.
> > >
> > > Well, please don't tell that to the 6450 I've got running on
> > > drm-next-kmod (which also spent some time on drm-stable)...
> > >
> >
> > See the URL I posted.
> >
> > How did you get around the "fence_wait returned with error -512"
> > messages filling /var/log/messages.
> >
>
> Ah, that thread...  OK. I'm back with you...
>
>
> > It also does not get around the problem that
> > drm-legacy-kmod has been advertised as the drop-in
> > replacement for those that use drm2 and have older
> > hardware.
> >
>
> It should be. The fact that it's not is concerning and should be
> addressed...


Bug reports are addressed as they come in. If issues haven't come up
it likely reflects a scarcity of users.

-M



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