Re: git: d540ef54663a - main - graphics/drm-54-kmod: Marked as ignore for FreeBSD HEAD

From: Emmanuel Vadot <manu_at_bidouilliste.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 07:55:36 UTC
On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 20:38:08 +0200
Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> Am 02.08.22 um 18:08 schrieb Emmanuel Vadot:
> > On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 17:59:04 +0200
> > Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> Am 02.08.22 um 17:36 schrieb Emmanuel Vadot:
> [...]
> >>>       graphics/drm-54-kmod: Marked as ignore for FreeBSD HEAD
> >>>       
> >>>       Everyone should use graphics/drm-510-kmod on Current.
> >>>       
> >>>       Sponsored by:   Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG
> >>
> >> Yes, everybody should use drm-510-kmod on HEAD, too bad that
> >> it still does not work with AMD GPUs:
> >>
> >>     https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=262043
> >>
> >> Please revert until version 5.10 works for all relevant GPUs!
> >>
> >> Regards, STefan
> > 
> >   It doesn't not work with *your* amdgpu, works perfectly fine here on
> > multiple amdgpu.
> 
> Do you have an AMD GPU that works with 5.10?

 As said above yes.

> When I opened the PR, I got a number of me-too replies

 I don't see how this could have helped me that you had some me-too
replies in private ...

> I'm definitely not the only one affected. 
> I do assume that other -CURRENT users with
> AMD graphics cards continue to use drm-54-kmod (as I do).

 Do not assume, I assumed that everyone on current was using 510 (as
it's the default version in graphics/drm-kmod) and it looked like I was
wrong.

> There is no reason to make drm-54-kmod fail on -CURRENT for those users
> that still cannot use drm-510-kmod. 

 I'll be pushing some linuxkpi code that will make 5.4 fail to compile
in a few days and I really don't have the manpower to keep 2 branches
(3 if you count master) alive.

> When the package is no longer built
> on -CURRENT, "pkg upgrade" will just remove drm-54-kmod on -CURRENT
> systems when it is no longer provided by the package mirrors.
> I'd consider that a violation of POLA, especially since drm-54-kmod
> continues to work just fine on -CURRENT and continues to be supported
> on -STABLE.
> 
> >   Please open a bug on github.com/freebsd/drm-kmod with all the info
> > asked so I can see if I can help more.
> 
> I have opened a FreeBSD PR with all the information I have, back in
> February, and you have known about it. On 2022-02-19 you added a
> comment to this PR where you state that you have no AMD GPU to test
> the DRM code with).

 No, I said that I didn't had any GPU that uses the i2c bitbang code.

> I'll open an issue on GitHub with the same information, but I consider
> the FreeBSD PR the correct place to report issues that affect FreeBSD.
> 
> Regards, STefan
> 
> PS: https://github.com/freebsd/drm-kmod/issues/195


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Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@freebsd.org>