Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:49:42 +0300 From: Jukka Ukkonen <jau789@gmail.com> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Tilman Keskin?z <arved@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: radeon/powerpc32 and xorg-server 1.17 Message-ID: <E52F5EB6-03C7-4492-9FC6-8FDED61F815C@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20151021100325.GA61714@FreeBSD.org> References: <6771C4FC-D057-4CF3-9D90-AE34323AB8BC@freebsd.org> <20151021100325.GA61714@FreeBSD.org>
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If my memory serves me, radeon kms driver needs 64 bit atomic operations which are not available on 32 bit ppc. --jau Sent from my iPad > On 21 Oct 2015, at 13:03, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 11:23:48PM +0200, Tilman Keskin?z wrote: >> With the latest xorg-server update removing xf86-video-ati-ums, > > I'm wondering if it was removed because it really does no longer work with > new xorg-server, or it was simply deleted because "oh well everyone should > be using KMS driver by now" stanza? > > If you manually revive it with "svn cp", does it still work (with new xorg > server)? > >> there is now no video driver anymore for radeon-based 32bit powerpcs. >> >> Now there are two options: >> >> 1. get KMS working on powerpc32 > > I recall that Justin had some progress [1] here, but apparently it was not > commit-ready so it never hit the tree. > >> 2. Forward port the last ums driver version so that it works with the >> current X Server. > > Ideally both options should be doable. I'm not sure why UMS drivers were > deprecated so quickly. :( > > ./danfe > > [1] https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ppc/2015-August/007728.html > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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