Whither X?

[Robert Noland]

On Sat, 2009-05-16 at 10:25 -0400, Jimmie James wrote:
> ON Fri, 15 May 2009 19:28:28 -0500
> Robert Noland said:
> 
> >You failed to mention that I am essentially the only person maintaining
> >Xorg, drm, Mesa (libGL, dri, etc...) and at least some subset of agp.
> 
> I for one, thank you for all of your hard work, time and dedication. For 
> one person to handle such a mess is, impressive, to say the least.
> I personally feel there's not enough thanks and praise for all your work.
> 
> >Intel is on the brink of just not working at all if I don't get at least GEM ported.
> 
> I'm very sad to hear this, as for now I'm stuck with a
> vgapci0 at pci0:0:2:0:     class=0x030000 card=0x25821043 chip=0x25828086 
> rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
>      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>      device     = '82915G/GV/GL, 82910GL Integrated Graphics Device'
> I also have a box with an i810 in it.

Ok, perhaps I over-stated just a bit... The 2.7 series driver an beyond
*should* work with UXA and no drm.

robert.

> I can't code/port to save a drowning kitten's life, but if you need a 
> tester, I'd be willing, as long as rolling back to the "working" Xorg is 
> possible, and there's no damage done to the hardware, though I may need 
> a bit of handholding.
> 
> Robert, feel free to contact me on/off-list (not subscribed, but read 
> daily) if there's anything I can do to help.

Thanks, One of my biggest issues right now is being so overwhelmed that
I'm only occasionally able to focus on a single aspect.

robert.

> 
> Thank again for all your work.
-- 
Robert Noland <rnoland at FreeBSD.org>
FreeBSD
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