Re: newcons comming

On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:55:26 -0700
Adrian Chadd <adrian_at_freebsd.org> wrote:

> I think the best thing to do is address kib's issues and whatever
> else pops up in the review, then add it into -HEAD as the non-default
> console type.
> 
> What I'd hate to see is some build time dependency where xorg
> _requires_ you to run newcons in order to run X. Well, at least just
> right now.
> 
> I have a whole bunch of older hardware that I won't have access to
> for a couple more weeks (old netbooks, thinkpads, etc) that I'd like
> to run newcons and the latest xorg builds on, just to make sure we
> haven't broken things for stuff circa 2005-2006. There's still a lot
> of that stuff out there and right now xorg+console works fine for
> those.

Ok awaiting for report how it run on your old boxes :)

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> -adrian
> 
> 
> 
> On 25 October 2013 07:18, Aleksandr Rybalko <ray_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:10:44 +0100
> > symbolics_at_gmx.com wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 06:43:54AM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> > > > 3) Realise it's not yet ready for 10.0 or HEAD, and target it
> > > > to be
> > ready
> > > > for MFC for a 10.1 release.
> > > > 4) Delay 10.0 until this has matured enough in HEAD, then
> > > > release it.
> > > >
> > > > I really want to see more updated xorg support but the timing
> > > > of it all feels a little overly rushed for a 10.0 release
> > > > target.
> > > >
> > > > What do others think?
> > > >
> > >
> > > FWIW, I'm really looking forward to newcons but I don't think it
> > > should be rushed into a release. (3) Seems prudent.
> >
> > Anyway it is optional.
> >
> > s/device vt/#device vt/
> > s/#device sc/device sc/
> >
> > and you in the old, well known world :)
> >
> > >
> > > --sym
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