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Date:      Sat, 30 Jan 2021 10:59:02 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        x11@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 253092] graphics/drm-current-kmod and graphics/drm-fbsd13-kmod package messages are wrong
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Bug 253092: graphics/drm-current-kmod and graphics/drm-fbsd13-kmod package
messages are wrong
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D253092



--- Description ---
>From <https://www.freshports.org/graphics/drm-current-kmod/#message:

> =E2=80=A6 Older generations are supported by the legacy kms modules=20
> (radeonkms / i915kms) in base or by installing=20
> graphics/drm-legacy-kmod.

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>From <https://www.freshports.org/graphics/drm-fbsd13-kmod/#message>:=20

> The experimental drm-current-kmod port can be enabled for amdgpu (for AMD
> GPUs starting with the HD7000 series / Tahiti) or i915kms (for Intel
> APUs starting with HD3000 / Sandy Bridge) through kld_list in
> /etc/rc.conf. radeonkms for older AMD GPUs can be loaded and there are
> some positive reports if EFI boot is NOT enabled (similar to amdgpu).
>=20
> For amdgpu: kld_list=3D"amdgpu"
> For Intel: kld_list=3D"i915kms"
> For radeonkms: kld_list=3D"radeonkms"
>=20
> Please ensure that all users requiring graphics are members of the
> "video" group.
>=20
> Older generations are supported by the legacy kms modules (radeonkms /=20
> i915kms) in base or by installing graphics/drm-legacy-kmod.

In lieu of:=20

> The experimental drm-current-kmod port=20

=E2=80=93 I suggest

> This port

(It's not drm-current-kmod, and I assume that graphics/drm-fbsd13-kmod is n=
ot
experimental.)

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For both packages, <https://www.freshports.org/graphics/drm-legacy-kmod/>; f=
or
graphics/drm-legacy-kmod reminds us:=20

> DEPRECATED: Obsolete version, use drm-kmod



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