Re: [PULL] drm-misc-next

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 23.01.23 um 16:23 schrieb John Paul Adrian Glaubitz:

Hi Thomas!

On 1/23/23 16:13, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:

Driver Changes:

 * Remove obsolete drivers for userspace modesetting i810, mga, r128,
   savage, sis, tdfx, via

Is the Rage 128 GPU still supported via the generic modesetting driver?


i810 GPU used in some old ThinkPads, for example.

I'm asking because, we're still supporting PowerMacs in Debian Ports of which some of those are sporting a Rage 128 GPU. Similar question applies to the

and even the old userspace Xorg drivers.

Yes, all of those chips are still supported by the generic modesetting drivers

OK, good to know.

The only thing that is not supported any longer is hardware-accelerated 3d rendering. However, this has not worked anyway, as Mesa has dropped support for those chips a long

time ago.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that's what Mesa Classic was forked off for?

 https://docs.mesa3d.org/amber.html

But the removed code is for even older hardware.

 https://docs.mesa3d.org/systems.html#deprecated-systems-and-drivers

Best regards
Thomas

AFAIK Mesa classic is for old radeon, i915 and old nouveau code. The so-called amber branch:

Thanks,
Adrian

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