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

Rin Okuyama <[email protected]> Sat, 20 Nov 2021 14:16:15 +0900
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.devel.x11
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

On 2021/11/13 2:23, Michael wrote:
> As long as we don't have drm on macppc, and we probably never will,

Isn't this too pessimistic? ;)

nouveau(4) is working on aarch64:

https://dmesgd.nycbug.org/index.cgi?do=view&id=5834

I will buy a cheap card to check whether it can be used on aarch64eb.

If it is no problem with big endian, IIUC, the missing part for powerpc
should be __HAVE_PMAP_PV_TRACK support to oea pmap. I don't know how hard
it is, but expect it is straightforward, c.f.:

http://www.nerv.org/netbsd/?q=id:20201220T163826Z.809a29116767ce2d78a3ac3fae5edd5b908f26d6

Thanks,
rin