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Re: Removing viadrm
On Mon, Jul 02, 2018 at 12:18:51PM +0000, coypu%sdf.org@localhost wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> we have two ports of linux drm code. old drm, which exists because not
> all devices/drivers work with the newer, also non-x86 architectures use
> this.
>
> new drm ("drm2") which hopefully we'll transition to.
>
> there are two via drivers:
> viadrmums (drm2)
> viadrm (old drm)
>
> according to PR port-i386/53364, viadrm doesn't work any more.
> viadrmums does, and uses the newer drm code.
>
> viadrmums shouldn't be significantly different in terms of support (the
> driver was almost abandoned upstream until recently).
>
> I don't know of any non-x86 via graphics possible users.
>
> If nobody objects, I will delete viadrm in 1-2 weeks.
Removed.
https://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2018/07/10/msg096670.html
And thanks to testing it, I found out that the Xorg driver was
dysfunctional, too, and fixed it.
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