Re: should we get rid of xf86-video-nv?

"Jonathan A. Kollasch" <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Nov 2021 07:39:35 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.os.netbsd.devel.x11
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On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 01:08:31PM +0000, nia wrote:
> While meandering around the internet I discovered that NVIDIA's
> opinion is that it's not any more useful than xf86-video-vesa:
> 
> https://lwn.net/Articles/380704/
> 
> We use nouveau on x86 and arm and gffb on macppc, does that leave
> anything covered by xf86-video-nv but not covered by the kernel?
> Alpha maybe?

Doesn't nv still have some acceleration support for legacy X11 on some
legacy chips?  Does gffb support full XRandR modesetting on macppc?