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On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 11:24:24PM -0800, Matt Turner wrote: |
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> Very few if any users. They break occasionally with new xserver |
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> versions, and then I have to do the leg work to fix them, make the |
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> upstream releases, and then push them into Gentoo. Again, for between |
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> zero and one person to use. |
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> I left some other ancient ones that are also candidates for removal, but |
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> I thought might have *a* user: glint, mach64, mga, r128, tdfx, voodoo. |
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Both mga & r128 still have life as drivers for embedded controllers on |
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server systems. MGA on ~5 year old Dell servers, R128 in the RageXL |
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variant on similar age Supermicro servers. |
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> x11-drivers/xf86-video-modesetting |
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Please keep this one for the generic KMS case. It's been useful. |
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> x11-drivers/xf86-video-tseng |
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Yep, had a few of these cards, 25 years ago. The hardware interface was |
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nice and clean, but they can DIAF now. |
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tdfx/voodoo: Kill with fire, also spent time programming them, but |
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looking at 15/20-year old video hardware with no big-endian support. |
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Doubtful of userbase. |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation Asst. Treasurer |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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