Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 23:54:37 +0300 From: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, symbolics@gmx.com Subject: Re: newcons comming Message-ID: <20131026235437.51861b22.ray@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmomJBFrDCN-bxP0F6GBbEcRUiaTkAXdtCoUBywdas5qz5w@mail.gmail.com> References: <20131025151847.2a1b83de93335040797ceaf1@ddteam.net> <20131025160410.b0571b32440703bd9a18ead9@freebsd.org> <CAJ-VmomEYMT%2B2vJd9m4iHge_Sjj1ycoXyKxdB5mtFEEWHeLUkw@mail.gmail.com> <20131025163939.181f35483b1046d74cb77fec@freebsd.org> <CAJ-Vmo=eTg3K=Wb%2B3j7p7v7cpoB6WiK1vPb2G=sATem7HceC6Q@mail.gmail.com> <20131025141044.GA26481@lemon> <20131025171815.23ff76c5d7090006af9f53e2@freebsd.org> <CAJ-VmomJBFrDCN-bxP0F6GBbEcRUiaTkAXdtCoUBywdas5qz5w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:55:26 -0700 Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: > I think the best thing to do is address kib's issues and whatever > else pops up in the review, then add it into -HEAD as the non-default > console type. > > What I'd hate to see is some build time dependency where xorg > _requires_ you to run newcons in order to run X. Well, at least just > right now. > > I have a whole bunch of older hardware that I won't have access to > for a couple more weeks (old netbooks, thinkpads, etc) that I'd like > to run newcons and the latest xorg builds on, just to make sure we > haven't broken things for stuff circa 2005-2006. There's still a lot > of that stuff out there and right now xorg+console works fine for > those. Ok awaiting for report how it run on your old boxes :) > > Thanks, > > > > -adrian > > > > On 25 October 2013 07:18, Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:10:44 +0100 > > symbolics@gmx.com wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 06:43:54AM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > > > > 3) Realise it's not yet ready for 10.0 or HEAD, and target it > > > > to be > > ready > > > > for MFC for a 10.1 release. > > > > 4) Delay 10.0 until this has matured enough in HEAD, then > > > > release it. > > > > > > > > I really want to see more updated xorg support but the timing > > > > of it all feels a little overly rushed for a 10.0 release > > > > target. > > > > > > > > What do others think? > > > > > > > > > > FWIW, I'm really looking forward to newcons but I don't think it > > > should be rushed into a release. (3) Seems prudent. > > > > Anyway it is optional. > > > > s/device vt/#device vt/ > > s/#device sc/device sc/ > > > > and you in the old, well known world :) > > > > > > > > --sym > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > > freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > -- > > Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org> > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>
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