Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 13:03:07 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel: drmn0: This code is obsolete abandonware. Install the graphics/drm-legacy-kmod pkg Message-ID: <20191230060307.GA25721@admin.sibptus.ru> In-Reply-To: <20191230065405.eb83eb86.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20191230045740.GA20668@admin.sibptus.ru> <20191230065405.eb83eb86.freebsd@edvax.de>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 11:57:40 +0700, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > On an "HP ProBook 6560b" notebook running FreeBSD 12.1, I've installed > > graphics/drm-kmod and loaded it via > > kld_list="/boot/modules/radeonkms.ko" in rc.conf. The X server even works OK. > > > > # pkg which "/boot/modules/radeonkms.ko" > > /boot/modules/radeonkms.ko was installed by > > package drm-fbsd12.0-kmod-4.16.g20191120 > > > > However, the kernel complains: > > > > "kernel: drmn0: This code is obsolete abandonware. > > Install the graphics/drm-legacy-kmod pkg" > > > > Is this some kind of bug? > > No, it's intended. You'll also see such warnings during > the boot process and in the system message log file. > It cannot be intended with graphics/drm-kmod installed which is by definition not "legacy" or "obsolete". Quite the opposite, it should be the newer driver. > > Why would graphics/drm-kmod be considered obsolete? > > No idea. Is this some kind of bug? > There now is a "legacy" package that is to be used. > I haven't tried this yet, but it should provide the same > functionality. Sidenote: I see the same with Intel graphics > in an older Lenovo Thinkpad. > > >From the package description: > > Legacy DRM driver that used to be in FreeBSD base > before the removal in FreeBSD 13. For newer Intel > and AMD hardware, please use graphics/drm-kmod > which will pick an appropriate driver for your > system. That is it! As I wrote before, I use graphics/drm-kmod, but still see complaints about "obsolete abandonware." If it is intended, then it's a very odd intention. > > So graphics/drm-kmod will be for newer graphics hardware, True. It's not "obsolete abandonware", it it? -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN 2:5005/49@fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/ [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJeCZMbAAoJEA2k8lmbXsY0xq0IAKEuLGcKhWgtkzvSP9fqX2/G Ljkoxoz7qI+pdASqiH8fX3RNKLcvlQHgoxm3CxQSyKoIc3zBNCzehRP9cEqpmKFv /3R30C4Lpv8IC3j28RpgfIWJiKEqZF0g2jcCDhXtOAROmlfT62K4qzc8DQUMe8Qp zeek1bayD/C7H7gqlLwWY1lwqWdw9j19u5PvRXebXK2gpyR0N+RLwH+fLCIN/iEY SunTr1uNqJQAJ/BccshOgCqHiujXFpSlQxkND4Lr3/V8DhoAhTrLXv/AXLJkcO7l VjhM6/kQe7W0yE2b2C9PH3hkwqpA5IpV1HhvJOFSsOYUQqM2J6rJ9DckR3C3+ak= =Qn2t -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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