Re: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver

Cy Schubert <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.current,gmane.os.freebsd.devel.x11
Message-ID <[email protected]>
In message <[email protected]>, Daniel 
Eischen wr
ites:
> On Fri, 18 May 2018, Warner Losh wrote:
>
> > On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 1:30 PM, Steve Kargl <
> > [email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Check the Makefiles
> >>
> >> % more /usr/ports/graphics/drm-next-kmod/Makefile
> >>
> >> ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= amd64
> >> ONLY_FOR_ARCHS_REASON=  the new KMS components are only supported on amd64
> >>
> >> Not to ia32 friendly.
> >>
> >
> > So do people use i386 for desktop? And need the latest KMS stuff?
>
> I can easily imagine an embedded x86 kiosk type appliance.  Does
> basic xorg stuff work without drm?

Yes, with VESA, albeit aspect ratios are off.


-- 
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Cy Schubert <[email protected]>
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