[oi-dev] [OpenIndiana-discuss] Sun/Oracle China's DRM//KMS Sol11.2 port 
backported to function on old-style gfxp_private from pre-2010 era but still 
immediatedly PANICS
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> There is little use of agp in the current driver, and none in the next
> driver. So likely a red herring, but possibly not. But knowing where the
> init is getting it's memory might help (possibly a failure path that
> doesn't occur in the Solaris version).
> 
> 
> Cheers!
> 
>rf

HAHAHAHAHA.
I had a good laugh just again.
Wise man was speaking, huh?

Compare this statement to some facts:   
https://openindiana.org/pipermail/oi-dev/2016-September/004804.html



>Вторник, 27 сентября 2016, 17:21 UTC от Мартин Бохниг via oi-dev < 
>[email protected] >:
>
>> Regarding the Solaris port, it would be really nice to find a way to
>> actually interact in a mutually beneficial way with Randy.
>
>#0.) Never in my life again!!!!!
>
>http://opensxce.org/how2use_Sun-11.x_xhci_on_OpenSolaris/20160822__PuplicPROOF__RandyFishel_should_worry_about_his_ultrashort_memory.txt
>
>
>#1.) He is neither the author of Oracle's Port but just inherited ithe code 
>from the Beijing team after Intel discontinued teaming with Oracle on DRM/KMS 
>matters.
>
>And secondly his own 2 public list statements from last year and his single 
>response to the multicast OFFlist message from summer were proof enough that 
>he doesn't even know his own inherited code base (anyway not as well as he 
>perhaps should in his paid role).
>
>But fact is he kicked the dead cat.
>This is unforgivable for all times.
>Especially since he claimed unbased but the more so biased nonsense.
>My claims can be verified because it is all on the oi-dev list archives.
>
>
>
>
>>Вторник, 27 сентября 2016, 11:46 UTC от Aurélien Larcher < 
>>[email protected] >:
>>
>>On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 4:47 AM, Мартин Бохниг via oi-dev
>>< [email protected] > wrote:
>>> Hi Ken,
>>>
>>> bills are _a_ damn urgent tyrannic core-problem, but still only a side-show.
>>> It is more like:
>>>
>>> Task: Build the 3 Pyramids of Gizeh in 1:1 size from original stones
>>> material as copy 1 mile south of the original Pyramids.
>>>
>>>
>>> Available funds: for food, staff and material: (0 (actually a large negative
>>> sum, but let's stick to calling it zero)
>>>
>>> Available workforce: 2 or 3 unpaid hungry slaves.
>>>
>>>
>>> Available time: 2 to 3 days
>>>
>>>
>>> Is that clearer now?
>>>
>>> As for the Via/OpenChrome (and other vendors') drivers: You need to check if
>>> they also require KMS now or not, if not then they may function on Solaris.
>>> But given that LinUX has DRM/KMS for almost everything such chances are
>>> getting slimmer by the year.
>>> Nevertheless - for Via/OpenChrome that may still be possible because it took
>>> very long until they first got KMS stable and into mainline:
>>>
>>>  http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=VIA-KMS-Revival
>>>
>>> But AMD/Ati KMS (or a more modern Intel "i915") : Our only chance in that
>>> direction would be, if Oracle itself actually gets this done *plus* decides
>>> to share it with us. I'm not convinced of that.
>>> Or if we make linuxkpi work.
>>
>>The most active person regarding DRM/KMS drivers seems Francois Tigeot
>>from DragonflyBSD.
>>
>>His presentation, that you and Randy Fishel pointed out, is pretty
>>clear on the way to follow.
>>
>>https://www.x.org/wiki/Events/XDC2014/XDC2014TigeotDragonFlyBSD/XDC-2014_Porting_kms_drivers_to_DragonFly.pdf
>>
>>I remember that Randy hinted that they would be moving away from the
>>"port to Solaris" approach of current DRM driver and follow the same
>>path as you recommended "port illumos to DRM drivers".
>>
>>Additionally Jean-Sébastien Pédron would be the person to interact
>>with regarding radeon.
>>
>>Regarding the Solaris port, it would be really nice to find a way to
>>actually interact in a mutually beneficial way with Randy.
>>
>>The final point is that if we want more developments for OpenIndiana,
>>we need at least more people involved for packaging.
>>In my case, I certainly would like do more dev instead of packaging
>>stuff but it means that people should take over some pending tasks.
>>For instance, someone mentioned fonts recently: well they are not
>>packaged in oi-userland, so someone has to pick the ball.
>>Another thing is testing the pending X11 update branch and fixing a
>>few components with EGL.
>>I will not have the time to look at all of this on my own.
>>
>>If that does not happen then I do not see the point in discussing anything.
>>
>>Kind regards
>>
>>Aurélien
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> But a few too many "if"'s for such bold statements.
>>> Hence my shocked reaction.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> %martin
>>>
>>>
>>> Вторник, 27 сентября 2016, 0:08 UTC от ken mays < [email protected] >:
>>>
>>> Hi Martin,
>>>
>>> Right. The sole objective proved we can compile these 'current' 2D drivers
>>> on OI-Hipster today with the existing Solaris X11 infrastructure. Getting
>>> everything else working properly requires stupendous mind-boggling mental
>>> energy and funds. Everyone has bills to pay...
>>>
>>> ~ Ken
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>-- 
>>---
>>Praise the Caffeine embeddings
>
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