KMS and radeonfb [Archive] - Phoronix Forums

oibaf

01-12-2009, 05:37 AM

Is the kernel modesetting radeon driver supposed to have all the features of the radeonfb module? Will the radeonfb module be removed from the kernel once KMS driver is stable enough?

glisse

01-12-2009, 11:17 AM

I believe we will enforce to either have radeon KMS or radeonfb the latter being depreciated. Note we need to wait few years (5 maybe more) before we can do rm radeonfb at least this is my understanding of kernel rules.

mattst88

01-12-2009, 05:50 PM

I'd actually think radeonfb would be kept, since KMS support isn't planned to be extended to R100 and R200 cards.

glisse

01-12-2009, 06:32 PM

I'd actually think radeonfb would be kept, since KMS support isn't planned to be extended to R100 and R200 cards.

R100-R200 will be supported by KMS, i think they already are in the current KMS code (at least they were in radeonms).

agd5f

01-12-2009, 06:52 PM

They are supported in the KMS tree already.