Re: DRM/KMS

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 03:08:25PM +0100, David Brownlee wrote:
> So far some good changes (cribbing shamelessly from other suggestions) might be:
> - Implement "boot -D" (or similar) to boot with all DRM disabled, to
> make it easier for hardware with issues

That should be quite easy.

> - Allow optionally initialising DRM after boot and transferring
> console ownership (may add more work in future upgrades, but works
> well with above item :)
> - Rework wsdisplay to try to reduce abstraction violations and make it
> cleaner to work with

I think all hands should help debugging what we have now, and help with 
the pending next update ASAP.

> - Looking at issues with certain hardware (can probably find systems
> to ship if anyone is interested...)

Well, often it is not exactly clear *what* makes the affected system specific.

Martin