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On Wed, 22 Aug 2018, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:52:36 +0100
> Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>
>> So no removal of drivers, no
>> changes to ABIs, compatibility for 3rd party kernel modules across all
>> the kernels in the branch etc.  Some of that I think we're getting
>> right, other bits we aren't doing so well with.
>
> <cough>nVidia</cough>
>
I do not understand. If the FreeBSD Desktop support model is a two story 
outhouse, XORG has always been on the top floor. At least that was my 
understanding. What am I missing?