Re: [PATCH 0/8] drm/mgag200: Support desktop chips

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Dave Airlie writes:
 > 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? :-)
 > 
 > 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?
 > 

The reason I had added this was to enable me to test the
basic functionality of this driver with a test box at
my desk rather than having to rely on some remote screen
setup to some server half way around the world ;)

And I'm actually not sure if the user experience with
this card with the xorg-x11-drv-mga is as good as it
used to be in its prime time days.

Cheers,
	Egbert.
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