From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Fri Dec 30 23:54:25 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0924AC98684 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2016 23:54:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mmacy@nextbsd.org) Received: from sender-of-o52.zoho.com (sender-of-o52.zoho.com [135.84.80.217]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D1ACF1736 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2016 23:54:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mmacy@nextbsd.org) Received: from mail.zoho.com by mx.zohomail.com with SMTP id 1483142045467334.29571903815736; Fri, 30 Dec 2016 15:54:05 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 15:54:05 -0800 From: Matthew Macy To: "Beeblebrox" , "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" Message-ID: <15952279f17.e0be0d8c34357.732964216134709731@nextbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20161230163653.54909631@rsbsd.rsb> References: <20161230163653.54909631@rsbsd.rsb> Subject: Re: End of year Xorg status rant MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: Medium User-Agent: Zoho Mail X-Mailer: Zoho Mail X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 23:54:25 -0000 > Thanks for reading, merry Solstice and a happy New Year to all of you. > > > SYSTEM: > * FreeBSD 11.0-STABLE #0 4370756a792(stable/11): Fri Dec 30 09:48:35 +03 2016 > * All ports installed through poudrire built packages. > * GPU: RS880 [Radeon HD 4250] > * Possibly relevant Xorg.log output: > (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev > (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so > (EE) LoadModule: Module fbdevhw does not have a fbdevhwModuleData data object. > (II) UnloadModule: "fbdevhw" > (EE) Failed to load module "fbdevhw" (invalid module, 0) > (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa > (WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no multi-card support > > > -- > FreeBSD_amd64_11-Stable_RadeonKMS > Please CC my email when responding, mail from list is not delivered. I've just updated drm-next (drm/i915/amdgpu/radeon) to linux 4.9. The amdgpu driver works well enough that I can now dogfood, but is not quite to the point where I would recommend it to others. The radeon driver experiences sufficiently little churn that I can trivially update it whenever I update drm and amdgpu. However, I have only very lightly tested radeon many months ago, and I personally have no interest in hardware older than the SI that amdgpu now supports. If you care about Radeon I would welcome contributions to its upkeep. Unfortunately, the intersection set between people who care about radeonkms and those attending to its upkeep is currently empty. -M