Graphics driver support in F21+

"Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" johannbg at gmail.com
Tue Aug 27 14:54:46 UTC 2013


On 08/27/2013 02:46 PM, Adam Jackson wrote:
> For F21, I plan to orphan the following X video drivers:
>
> xorg-x11-drv-apm
> xorg-x11-drv-cirrus
> xorg-x11-drv-geode
> xorg-x11-drv-glint
> xorg-x11-drv-i128
> xorg-x11-drv-i740
> xorg-x11-drv-mach64
> xorg-x11-drv-mga
> xorg-x11-drv-neomagic
> xorg-x11-drv-r128
> xorg-x11-drv-rendition
> xorg-x11-drv-s3virge
> xorg-x11-drv-savage
> xorg-x11-drv-siliconmotion
> xorg-x11-drv-sis
> xorg-x11-drv-tdfx
> xorg-x11-drv-trident

Is it not better to drop entirely graphics drivers that do not have kms 
support and at the *same time* adopt the policy

"From this point forward only graphics driver that have kms support will 
be allow to be packaged and shipped in the distribution"

JBG


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