you may have beta-testers / developpers on #gentoo-sparc on freenode... people there have that kind of hardware. just my 2 cents, of course.
Fran�ois On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 12:42:09 +0100 (IST) Dave Airlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've just sent this to lkml, anyone here any views on it? > > Dave. > > -- > David Airlie, Software Engineer > http://www.skynet.ie/~airlied / airlied at skynet.ie > pam_smb / Linux DECstation / Linux VAX / ILUG person > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 12:38:08 +0100 (IST) > From: Dave Airlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: sparc ffb drm driver... > > > This driver is broken and has been since my first CVS merge went in back > in April, I just noticed there now when trying to fix it up for some other > changes that I was making, > > List of issues: > a) no-one has complained or noticed it has been broken for at least 4 > months > b) there is no current user space to go with the kernel space driver (Mesa > DRI driver is broken as far as I know....) > c) no-one has stepped up to maintain it > d) no-one has a working user space to tell me I broke the kernel space or > test it for me .. > > Unless we can up with some plan for the future (user and kernel space), > this driver will be marked broken in my next merge and may in fact end > up broken as a side effect of the changes for the core/personality split.. > > Dave. > > p.s. I'd love to take it on, but I've no sparc hardware and no real spare > time even if I had... > > -- > David Airlie, Software Engineer > http://www.skynet.ie/~airlied / airlied at skynet.ie > pam_smb / Linux DECstation / Linux VAX / ILUG person > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE > LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click > -- > _______________________________________________ > Dri-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idU88&alloc_id065&op=click -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
