Hi David, > Lets move forward and hide the remaining DRI1 drivers behind a config > option, so we have a central place to disable them all. Furthermore, we > can provide a clear warning to anyone enabling them. > > Signed-off-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann at gmail.com> > --- > drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig | 135 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- > 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig > index fc35731..d8f6203 100644 > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig > @@ -108,24 +108,8 @@ config DRM_KMS_CMA_HELPER > > source "drivers/gpu/drm/i2c/Kconfig" . . . > + > +config DRM_VIA > + tristate "Via unichrome video cards" > + depends on DRM && PCI > + help > + Choose this option if you have a Via unichrome or compatible video > + chipset. If M is selected the module will be called via. > + . . . > +endif # DRM_LEGACY > -- > 2.9.2 I am the sole developer of OpenChrome (VIA Technologies IGP), and I do still actively develop OpenChrome DDX every day. https://cgit.freedesktop.org/openchrome/xf86-video-openchrome I do not want to be seen as stopping progress, but there are still people who use less than current hardware (myself and countless others) or non Big 3 x86 graphics (NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel) for things like thin clients. In fact, I just got DVI via (no pun intended) Silicon Image SiI 164 TMDS transmitter working for one thin client user with VIA IGP. (HP T5550 thin client) https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95059#c22 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=126035 He uses ThinStation OS. http://thinstation.github.io/thinstation/ Anyway, regarding the move to DRI2 / KMS so that DRI1 can be discontinued, I am not personally against it in the long run, but the work on it has stalled. https://cgit.freedesktop.org/openchrome/drm-openchrome/ Personally, I have had issues compiling the drm-openchrome code (the newer VIA IGP DRM) with a newer Linux kernel. (tried 4.2 with little success) If someone knowledgeable about porting the current drm-openchrome code to the latest Linux kernel can assist me in doing it, that will certainly be helpful. One box I have (HP Pavilion a800n; AMD Athlon XP + VIA Technologies KM400A chipset) has Lubuntu 14.04 installed with drm-openchrome (Linux 3.19-rc6) compiled for it, but due to a bug I have not been able to track down yet (I do not know how to get the Linux kernel to preserve a kernel panic dump.), it will kernel panic if I try to boot Lubuntu with drm-openchrome. Lubuntu itself will boot fine with the latest OpenChrome DDX as long as I am using the stock Linux 3.13 kernel provided by Lubuntu or drm-openchrome with ATI Technologies RAGE 128 Pro AGP. I must note that this kernel panic appears to be specific to UniChrome IGP (this is the very early VIA IGP model), and I have personally seen drm-openchrome successfully boot Linux 3.19-rc6 with the newer UniChrome Pro and Chrome9 IGPs. OpenChrome DDX itself is developed so that it can be DRI1 / DRI2 and UMS / KMS selectable. With the current OpenChrome DDX, it will disable EXA and Xv acceleration. At this point, this is a rather poor trade off for current VIA IGP users since 2D acceleration will go off. As for myself, I am spending pretty much all of my personal time in fixing the existing DRI1 / UMS OpenChrome DDX code, and do not have the time resources to work on porting OpenChrome to support DRI2 / KMS. That being said, if someone can assist me in getting drm-openchrome code ported to the latest Linux kernel, then maybe I can start spending more time in getting EXA to work with DRI2, and when that is achieved, DRI1 can be retired for good. Sincerely, Kevin Brace OpenChrome Project Maintainer / Developer _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
