Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 06:54:05 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel: drmn0: This code is obsolete abandonware. Install the graphics/drm-legacy-kmod pkg Message-ID: <20191230065405.eb83eb86.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20191230045740.GA20668@admin.sibptus.ru> References: <20191230045740.GA20668@admin.sibptus.ru>
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On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 11:57:40 +0700, Victor Sudakov wrote: > On an "HP ProBook 6560b" notebook running FreeBSD 12.1, I've installed > graphics/drm-kmod and loaded it via > kld_list="/boot/modules/radeonkms.ko" in rc.conf. The X server even works OK. > > # pkg which "/boot/modules/radeonkms.ko" > /boot/modules/radeonkms.ko was installed by > package drm-fbsd12.0-kmod-4.16.g20191120 > > However, the kernel complains: > > "kernel: drmn0: This code is obsolete abandonware. > Install the graphics/drm-legacy-kmod pkg" > > Is this some kind of bug? No, it's intended. You'll also see such warnings during the boot process and in the system message log file. > Why would graphics/drm-kmod be considered obsolete? No idea. There now is a "legacy" package that is to be used. I haven't tried this yet, but it should provide the same functionality. Sidenote: I see the same with Intel graphics in an older Lenovo Thinkpad. >From the package description: Legacy DRM driver that used to be in FreeBSD base before the removal in FreeBSD 13. For newer Intel and AMD hardware, please use graphics/drm-kmod which will pick an appropriate driver for your system. So graphics/drm-kmod will be for newer graphics hardware, and graphics/drm-legacy-kmod will be for older one, previously supported by either graphics/drm-kmod or kernel modules directly provided by the FreeBSD OS installation. The times of "install this, it will pick the correct driver automatically" seem to be over... Additionally: This version is mostly current with Linux 3.8 in terms of hardware support. Modern Linuxism. ;-) More information here: https://www.freshports.org/graphics/drm-legacy-kmod -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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