Re: CVS commit: src

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On Sat, 12 Aug 2023 at 16:16, Andrius V <vezhlys%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Sorry, didn't notice the email until today. To answer your question
> why it is not enabled in GENERIC by default, I am not sure
> (Taylor(?)), it was commented since the day one both on i386 and
> amd64.
>
> However, I have some doubts if it is very relevant driver to enable
> it. From the context perspective, viadrmums is also a legacy driver,
> Linux have already removed it in the latest kernel source code, and
> new https://cgit.freedesktop.org/openchrome/drm-openchrome/ was
> developed, but haven't made it to official kernel yet (and hard to
> tell when and if it will happen at all)). VIA integrated graphics
> drivers development was a always a bit of a sad story: lack of
> interest, manpower/skills, lack of VIA participation, the hardware is
> pretty obscure and under-performing, and likely more suitable for non
> graphics related tasks. Myself I used it mainly for NAS and testing
> platform, thus I need only basic graphics support. Nevertheless, if it
> doesn't affect the development much and it does seem to be work in the
> machines I own, I can enable it.

Some of us are all about the legacy hardware :)

Seriously, one of the areas in which NetBSD's reputation is relatively
better is in older x86 hardware, so if enabling it is likely to give a
better experience for some set of hardware while being very unlikely
to make things worse, I'd support enabling it

David