Re: [RFC] Deprecation and removal of the drm2 driver

From: Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd-rwg_at_pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 15:47:15 -0700 (PDT)
> > I am concerned about just shoving it out to ports, as that makes
> > it rot even faster.
> >
> > I am still very concerned that our in base i9xx code is like 4
> > years old and everyone is told to go to kmod-next from ports
> > as well.
> >
> > No, I do not have a solution, but I have not tried hard to find
> > one.  I am sure if we try hard to find one it can be done.
> 
> drm-next is a port and it's what most everyone will be using going
> forward. You're asking us to make a special case for a small vocal
> group of i386 users. If i386 is sufficiently important, its user base
> can support it.

Are you saying there is only one way forward?


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Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes_at_freebsd.org
Received on Tue May 22 2018 - 20:47:18 UTC

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