[PATCH xf86-video-amdgpu 04/19] Remove drmCheckModesettingSupported and kernel module loading

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On 2018-04-10 11:20 AM, Emil Velikov wrote:
> On 10 April 2018 at 09:26, Michel Dänzer <michel at daenzer.net> wrote:
>> On 2018-04-04 04:29 PM, Emil Velikov wrote:
>>> From: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
>>>
>>> The former of these is a UMS artefact which gives incorrect and
>>> misleading promise whether "KMS" is supported. Not to mention that
>>> AMDGPU is a only KMS driver.
>>>
>>> In a similar fashion xf86LoadKernelModule() is a relic of the times,
>>> where platforms had no scheme of detecting and loading the appropriate
>>> kernel module.
>>>
>>> Cc: Robert Millan <rmh at freebsd.org>
>>> Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
>>> ---
>>> Robert, off the top of my head this should work with FreeBSD. Admittedly
>>> I'm not an expert on the platform. Please give it a test.
>>
>> I want to get confirmation from Robert that this will work on FreeBSD
>> now, since he explicitly restored the kernel module loading code in
>> https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati/commit/?id=bfbff3b246db509c820df17b8fcf5899882ffcfa
>> .
>>
> Fully agreed!. That's why I added him to the CC list.
> 
> Throwing some ideas:
>  - If it's still needed can we keep it !Linux only?

The first drmCheckModesettingSupported call? Fine with me.


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Earthling Michel Dänzer               |               http://www.amd.com
Libre software enthusiast             |             Mesa and X developer


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