Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 13:40:17 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel: drmn0: This code is obsolete abandonware. Install the graphics/drm-legacy-kmod pkg Message-ID: <20191230064017.GA28510@admin.sibptus.ru> In-Reply-To: <20191230072754.0c7a8920.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20191230045740.GA20668@admin.sibptus.ru> <20191230065405.eb83eb86.freebsd@edvax.de> <20191230060307.GA25721@admin.sibptus.ru> <20191230072754.0c7a8920.freebsd@edvax.de>
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--+QahgC5+KEYLbs62 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Polytropon wrote: > > > On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 11:57:40 +0700, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > > > On an "HP ProBook 6560b" notebook running FreeBSD 12.1, I've instal= led > > > > graphics/drm-kmod and loaded it via > > > > kld_list=3D"/boot/modules/radeonkms.ko" in rc.conf. The X server ev= en works OK. > > > >=20 > > > > # pkg which "/boot/modules/radeonkms.ko" > > > > /boot/modules/radeonkms.ko was installed by > > > > package drm-fbsd12.0-kmod-4.16.g20191120 > > > >=20 > > > > However, the kernel complains: > > > >=20 > > > > "kernel: drmn0: This code is obsolete abandonware. > > > > Install the graphics/drm-legacy-kmod pkg" > > > >=20 > > > > Is this some kind of bug? > > >=20 > > > No, it's intended. You'll also see such warnings during > > > the boot process and in the system message log file. > > >=20 > >=20 > > It cannot be intended with graphics/drm-kmod installed which is by > > definition not "legacy" or "obsolete". Quite the opposite, it should be > > the newer driver. >=20 > Not really. From the description: >=20 > amdgpu, i915, and radeon DRM modules for the > linuxkpi-based KMS components on amd64, i915 > and radeonkms DRM modules from the former > base DRM component on other architectures. >=20 > Metaport for different versions of Linux > DRM based on the FreeBSD version in use. >=20 > This port is a meta-port of the drivers previously contained Which "this port", graphics/drm-legacy-kmod (which I don't have installed) or graphics/drm-kmod (which I have installed)? > in the OS installation (course of migrating OS components to > individual packages). So it contains the "old drivers", that's > why it'll be replaced by the "legacy"-named package, and the > corresponding stuff will be removed from the OS entirely. >=20 > There will be packages specific to OS versions, to better > match them, for example graphics/drm-fbsd12.0-kmod for > FreeBSD 12, and graphics/drm-fbsd13.0-kmod for upcoming > FreeBSD 13. This way, legacy stuff (for old hardware) can > be separated from new development for more recent hardware. >=20 Well, in my case # pkg which "/boot/modules/radeonkms.ko"=20 /boot/modules/radeonkms.ko was installed by package drm-fbsd12.0-kmod-4.16.= g20191120 this is probably *the* OS specific version. >=20 >=20 > > > > Why would graphics/drm-kmod be considered obsolete? > > >=20 > > > No idea.=20 > >=20 > > Is this some kind of bug? >=20 > No, just a strange naming method without proper communication > on _why_ the naming appears. >=20 > Summary: >=20 > "Old drivers": >=20 > DRM by OS -> graphics/drm-kmod pkg -> graphics/drm-legacy-kmod pkg >=20 > "New drivers": >=20 > graphics/drm-fbsd<VERSION>-kmod pkg >=20 > Of course, the loading methods (kld_list setting in /etc/rc.conf) > will have to be adjusted accordingly. Also note that those are > metaports, installing a collection of individual driver packages, > if I read (and understood) the description correctly... Which do I have then, to begin with? # pkg info | grep kmo drm-fbsd12.0-kmod-4.16.g20191120 DRM modules for the linuxkpi-based KMS com= ponents drm-kmod-g20190710 Metaport of DRM modules for the linuxkpi-bas= ed KMS components gpu-firmware-kmod-g20190825 Firmware modules for the linuxkpi-based KMS = components >=20 >=20 >=20 > > > There now is a "legacy" package that is to be used. > > > I haven't tried this yet, but it should provide the same > > > functionality. Sidenote: I see the same with Intel graphics > > > in an older Lenovo Thinkpad. > > >=20 > > > >From the package description: > > >=20 > > > Legacy DRM driver that used to be in FreeBSD base > > > before the removal in FreeBSD 13. For newer Intel > > > and AMD hardware, please use graphics/drm-kmod > > > which will pick an appropriate driver for your > > > system. > >=20 > > That is it! As I wrote before, I use graphics/drm-kmod, but still see > > complaints about "obsolete abandonware." If it is intended, then it's a > > very odd intention. >=20 > Sorry I didn't explain it more clearly in my first reply. > The graphics/drm-kmod package is the "old drivers", while > graphics/drm-fbsd12.0-kmod is the one you should use if you > want the "new drivers". However, I'm not sure in how far > this will work with older hardware... >=20 > Detailed information here: >=20 > https://www.freshports.org/graphics/drm-fbsd12.0-kmod This is what I seem to have: # pkg which "/boot/modules/radeonkms.ko"=20 /boot/modules/radeonkms.ko was installed by package drm-fbsd12.0-kmod-4.16.= g20191120 >=20 > > > So graphics/drm-kmod will be for newer graphics hardware, > >=20 > > True. It's not "obsolete abandonware", it it? >=20 > No, sorry for causing confusion: it _is_ the "obsolete abandonware" > and therefore will be renamed with the "legacy" qualifier; instead > use graphics/drm-fbsd12.0-kmod for the not yet fully outdated > abandon-prone obsoleteware of Linuxism. ;-) --=20 Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN 2:5005/49@fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/ --+QahgC5+KEYLbs62 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJeCZvRAAoJEA2k8lmbXsY0QnMH/jWezTXqW28nHwO878tlVR3w vG6qRlvkA3QEQKDRWz27KOfOgMvGSK0LDmxMZWm6ivwGqGopd3lcnr49gt9zjURC gijc+Kpno71dA2IiCGXmrfLf7fMpa6E8Ys1sPLyb8GHPEYdf9EwNYzd2crYcQeYV v+S+OxmH8Q07rC9NQeyxRcXdDZ7N7tA0gjrH2oSKcDCrT0uzO948UZ4phjIk6lAI XpUaMG4jVk06B41k4vQTDCHIEoZdppAWV9wo9r4hppIShRvS4cfgsArZsq9oFXZc i4qet8sBNAM1ah7ZWjL0Ispuk0FLbfxsTBggWFhLdxSOjwJYDDeGeOH+taQjj5o= =3S7H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+QahgC5+KEYLbs62--
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