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Date:      Tue, 02 Jul 2013 11:28:19 +0200
From:      Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org>
To:        Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: ATI 4850 KMS
Message-ID:  <51D29D33.1000901@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <51D29BA6.2080709@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <1098151371977115@web30d.yandex.ru> <51C83787.2080504@dumbbell.fr> <74291372606612@web7d.yandex.ru> <51D28B86.5020403@dumbbell.fr> <51D29BA6.2080709@FreeBSD.org>

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On 07/02/13 11:21, Andriy Gapon wrote:
> on 02/07/2013 11:12 Jean-Sébastien Pédron said the following:
>> On 30.06.2013 17:36, Жиндарев Алексей wrote:
>>> is there any need to install latest experimental xorg distribution?
>>
>> You only need the x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-kms port from the experimental
>> X.Org ports tree. Otherwise, ports from the usual ports tree are fine.
> 
> Why not add it to the main tree as well (without exposing via xorg-drivers
> umbrella port)?
> 

Beacause there is no support in the kernel for using it, and there is
not even a patch-set for testing ATI KMS yet, afaik.
We have also not decided if we are to keep ati-kms, or merge it with the
ati driver, similar to the intel driver.
Regards!
-- 
Niclas Zeising



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