rfc/headsup: graphics driver packaging in F16+

Adam Jackson ajax at redhat.com
Wed Apr 13 15:15:06 UTC 2011


On 4/13/11 10:25 AM, Matej Cepl wrote:
> Dne 12.4.2011 18:12, Adam Jackson napsal(a):
>> negative.)  The list of video drivers that see any actual use is
>> probably something like:
>>
>>       ast, ati, cirrus, fbdev, geode, intel, mga, nouveau, openchrome,
>>       qxl, sis/xgi, vesa, vmware
>
> A word from your Xorg bugmaster. I think even this list is too generous
> .. I haven't found any Fedora bug for -ast, only 3 hopelessly ignored
> bugs for -sis, -geode is alive only because of OLPC (and yes, that's a
> good reason enough to keep it around), and outside of KVM emulation I
> don't remember I've ever seen a -cirrus bug.

ast I only included because I know there's currently shipping server 
hardware with it.  The rest... yeah, pretty much.

- ajax


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