On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 2:02 PM Steve Kargl < sgk_at_troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 02:47:39PM -0500, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 11:00:02AM -0700 I heard the voice of > > Steve Kargl, and lo! it spake thus: > > > > > > 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. > > > > Well, please don't tell that to the 6450 I've got running on > > drm-next-kmod (which also spent some time on drm-stable)... > > > > See the URL I posted. > > How did you get around the "fence_wait returned with error -512" > messages filling /var/log/messages. > Ah, that thread... OK. I'm back with you... > It also does not get around the problem that > drm-legacy-kmod has been advertised as the drop-in > replacement for those that use drm2 and have older > hardware. > It should be. The fact that it's not is concerning and should be addressed... > But, thanks for your constructive input. > Sure. I'm trying to get the aspirational goals to match the code on the ground, so knowing there's issues here or there is helpful. WarnerReceived on Fri Sep 28 2018 - 18:21:37 UTC
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