From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Fri Sep 28 18:00:05 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14DB510B5F96 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2018 18:00:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.95.76.21]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "troutmask", Issuer "troutmask" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9FDF27C421 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2018 18:00:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id w8SI02G8001110 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2018 11:00:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id w8SI02P3001109 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Fri, 28 Sep 2018 11:00:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk) Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 11:00:02 -0700 From: Steve Kargl To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: drm2 in base Message-ID: <20180928180002.GA957@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Reply-To: sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 18:00:05 -0000 At the risk of raising the ire of others, but with the pending branching for FreeBSD 12, I respectfully request that drm2 remain in head after the branch. I have a radeon HD 6450 video card (CAICOS firmware), and have been informed that the hardware is too old for graphics/drm-stable-kmod and that I should use graphics/drm-legacy-kmod. https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2018-September/021680.html Well, I have spent a day or so trying to get drm-legacy to work. drm-legacy in its current state is not a drop in replacement for drm2 in head. Given what I have found and reported in the above URL, I'm inclined to believe that I may have been the first person to actually try to use drm-legacy. I'll also note that the warning about abandonware is misleading for older harware. drmn0: ======================================================= drmn0: This code is obsolete abandonware. Install the \ graphics/drm-stable-kmod pkg drmn0: ======================================================= drmn0: Deprecated code (to be removed in FreeBSD 13): drm2 drivers drmn0: ======================================================= drmn0: This code is obsolete abandonware. Install the \ graphics/drm-stable-kmod pkg drmn0: ======================================================= -- Steve