Am 16.07.20 um 07:44 schrieb Thomas Zimmermann: > Hi > > Am 15.07.20 um 21:56 schrieb Dave Airlie: >> On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 at 00:59, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> This patchset puts device initialization in the correct order and >>> adds support for G200 Desktop chips (PCI ids 0x520 and 0x521). >> >> why? :-) > > With G200 support in place, we can add also support for the newer cards > in the G-Series up to the G550. Believe it or not, the G550 for PCIe is > still being actively marketed and manufactured by Matrox. [1] Even the > predecessor chips G450 was only EOLed in Oct 2016. [2] So while the > chips might be 20yrs old, the devices are still current. > > Best regards > Thomas > > [1] > https://matrox.com/graphics/en/products/graphics_cards/g_series/g550pcie/?productTabs=1 > [2] https://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/legacy/g_series/g450pci/ > >> >> I'm pretty sure I NAKed the previous version because the userspace >> experience for these old cards was probably better with >> xorg-x11-drv-mga, but hey maybe it isn't anymore and we should go >> ahead. I know SuSE use these for testing, but apart from that do we >> really think we have any users for this? Well, I got at least one email from someone thanking me for this patch. :) >> >> Dave. >> _______________________________________________ >> dri-devel mailing list >> dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel >> > > > _______________________________________________ > dri-devel mailing list > dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel > -- Thomas Zimmermann Graphics Driver Developer SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg) Geschäftsführer: Felix Imendörffer
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