Re: [RFC] future of drm1 in base

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, blubee blubeeme writes:
> I also have a current machine with one of those listed gpu.
> 
> A friend got hacked on windows, I got them setup with a ryzen chip and no
> integrated GPU. Finding a supported gpu was a challenge but, those old
> drivers allow the machine to have display.
> 
> Please try to maintain the older drivers, thanks.
> 
> Best,
> Owen

I wouldn't mind taking care of and feeding the new port if it's created.


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> 
> On Sun, Sep 3, 2017, 18:03 David Chisnall <theraven_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> > On 3 Sep 2017, at 06:31, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert_at_komquats.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks for the heads up Johannes. I currently have three machines that
> > each
> > > run ATI r128, mach64 and the last one an mga card. I normally use my i9=
> 45
> > > and i915 laptops (mostly the former) but on occasion I may fire up X on
> > one
> > > of the other three. Having a drm-legacy port in the tree would benefit =
> to
> > > me.
> >
> > It=E2=80=99s been quite a while since I used any of these (though much of=
>  the list
> > is very familiar), but the last machine I ran with a mach64 card was fast=
> er
> > with the vesa driver than with the =E2=80=98accelerated=E2=80=99 driver (=
> as I recall, it
> > was a 500MHz Pentium III).  I suspect the real question is not whether
> > people have machines that use these cards, but whether they do anything
> > with them where they=E2=80=99d notice the lack of acceleration.
> >
> > David
> >
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