Users of x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-legacy

[Warner Losh]

On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 2:35 AM Niclas Zeising <zeising at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 2020-02-24 08:00, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 23, 2020 at 09:37:23PM +0100, Niclas Zeising wrote:
> >> Hi!
> >
> > Hello Niclas,
> >
> >> If you are using xf86-video-ati-legacy, please test the attached
> >> patch and report back if it is working or not.
> >
> > I use xf86-video-ati-legacy (actually, there is a regression in newer
> > versions -- mouse pointer is invisible*, which makes them unusable).
> > However, I cannot test it right now because I'm on the road, and all
> > my ATI/AMD gfx cards are in the office.  I'll get back to you once I
> > can do what you're asking; please do not axe the port until then, if
> > you please.
>
> Which newer versions?  xf86-video-ati-legacy hasn't been touched in a
> while, or are you referring to the non-legacy version?
> Do you know when you'll be back?
>

I'd like to push in the direction of upgrading to the newer non-legacy
stuff. We can't keep the old legacy stuff going forever, and as more and
more issues like this come up, they will be retired.


> I won't remove the port, I'll mark it as broken though, to avoid all the
> messages from the package build cluster.
>
> >
> > After ppc32 gained 64-bit atomics support**, I think this driver is
> > also what users of many Mac G4-based machines would use?
> >
>
> To be honeset, I don't know very much about ppc32.  Feel free to test
> though.
>

This is a fairly niche application in the FreeBSD world. It's useful, but
there's a lot to do in the graphics world, so don't be surprised if this
doesn't get priority.

Warner