On Sun, Dec 29, 2024 at 11:13 PM Kevin Kofler via devel <devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Vitaly Zaitsev via devel wrote: > > On 16/12/2024 21:43, Aoife Moloney via devel-announce wrote: > >> removed support for GPU Generations prior to the > >> 12th Gen GPUs. This effectively means that any hardware released > >> before 2020 is no longer supported for OpenCL and oneAPI workloads. > > > > If it removes such a huge list of hardware, a compatibility package > > should be introduced (check nvidia-470xx, nvidia-390xx as an example). > > +1 > > This is planned obsolescence at its best. Intel-controlled software dropping > support for older (Intel) hardware to force you to buy new one to replace > it. > > We have come to expect that from proprietary software, including the > proprietary NVidia driver, but for Free Software, this is a new low. > Introducing a compatibility package is the least we can do. Ideally, the > project should be forked upstream to restore support for older hardware. > > Kevin Kofler Thank YOU! for your willingness to package and support that compat package. I will be pleased to review your ...-compat package and ongoing maintenance of same. -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
