Re: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver
Mateusz Piotrowski <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.freebsd.devel.x11,gmane.os.freebsd.current |
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| Message-ID | <20180529230131.211ff1da@oxy> |
On Tue, 29 May 2018 21:28:49 +0200 Niclas Zeising <[email protected]> wrote: >On 05/18/18 19:58, Niclas Zeising wrote: >> [ Cross posted to freebsd-current@ and freebsd-x11@. Please respect >> reply-to and send all replies to freebsd-x11@. Thanks! ] >> >> [...] >> >> What does the community think? Is there anyone still using the drm2 >> driver on 12-CURRENT? If so, what is preventing you from switching to >> the port? >> > > >Wow, this blew up quite a lot bigger than I anticipated. I'll try to >summarize the discussion a bit below and then suggest a way forward. > > [...] > >To move forward, we'll do the following: Note that this is for current >only. >We take the drm and drm2 drivers and make a port for it, maintained by >the graphics team (x11@). After a transition period, then the drivers >are removed from base. At the same time, pkg-messages are added to >relevant places to point people to the various available drm drivers. Let's also remember about our handbooks and those two wiki page: * https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics * https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/FAQ _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"