rfc/headsup: graphics driver packaging in F16+

Chris Adams cmadams at hiwaay.net
Tue Apr 12 18:18:33 UTC 2011


Once upon a time, Nathaniel McCallum <nathaniel at natemccallum.com> said:
> With this approach, you have lost a critical feature: the ability for
> you to change your hardware (or move the software bits to a different
> computer) and have everything automatically work.

That has been the case off and on for a long time, with kernels and
glibc split for i386/i686, and then kernels for PAE.  Old hardware is
always going to fall off the tail.

It isn't like the packages are going to be removed, and they'll probably
not get any less testing than they do today.  Also, since VESA will
still be included, it should work on most any hardware.
-- 
Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.


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