[Bug 253092] graphics/drm-current-kmod and graphics/drm-fbsd13-kmod package messages are wrong
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253092
Bug ID: 253092
Summary: graphics/drm-current-kmod and graphics/drm-fbsd13-kmod
package messages are wrong
Product: Ports & Packages
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Only Me
Priority: ---
Component: Individual Port(s)
Assignee: x11 at FreeBSD.org
Reporter: grahamperrin at gmail.com
Flags: maintainer-feedback?(x11 at FreeBSD.org)
Assignee: x11 at FreeBSD.org
>From <https://www.freshports.org/graphics/drm-current-kmod/#message:
> … Older generations are supported by the legacy kms modules
> (radeonkms / i915kms) in base or by installing
> graphics/drm-legacy-kmod.
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>From <https://www.freshports.org/graphics/drm-fbsd13-kmod/#message>:
> The experimental drm-current-kmod port can be enabled for amdgpu (for AMD
> GPUs starting with the HD7000 series / Tahiti) or i915kms (for Intel
> APUs starting with HD3000 / Sandy Bridge) through kld_list in
> /etc/rc.conf. radeonkms for older AMD GPUs can be loaded and there are
> some positive reports if EFI boot is NOT enabled (similar to amdgpu).
>
> For amdgpu: kld_list="amdgpu"
> For Intel: kld_list="i915kms"
> For radeonkms: kld_list="radeonkms"
>
> Please ensure that all users requiring graphics are members of the
> "video" group.
>
> Older generations are supported by the legacy kms modules (radeonkms /
> i915kms) in base or by installing graphics/drm-legacy-kmod.
In lieu of:
> The experimental drm-current-kmod port
– I suggest
> This port
(It's not drm-current-kmod, and I assume that graphics/drm-fbsd13-kmod is not
experimental.)
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For both packages, <https://www.freshports.org/graphics/drm-legacy-kmod/> for
graphics/drm-legacy-kmod reminds us:
> DEPRECATED: Obsolete version, use drm-kmod
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