linux-kernel - Re: Removal of mga driver from Linux 6.3

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Message-ID: <e0637ab4-5165-6aa9-e85c-7b451db4c598@suse.de>
Date:   Mon, 23 Jan 2023 10:07:17 +0100
From:   Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
To:     Chris Rankin <rankincj@...il.com>, daniel@...ll.ch
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Removal of mga driver from Linux 6.3

Hi

Am 21.01.23 um 23:28 schrieb Chris Rankin:
> Hi,
> 
> With reference to the recent deletion of the mga driver from Linux 6.3:
> 
> I actually own an old machine that still contains a Matrox Millenium II 
> graphics card. This machine has not run X for several yonks, and so the 
> loss of DRM support doesn't concern me.
> 
> What would concern me would be losing the graphics frame buffer device 
> (matroxfb), because a VGA console is just too small;

No worries. The matroxfb driver is still there and will remain. Even 
Xorg should work in principle.

What has been removed is the kernel side for 3d support. But this has 
been non-functional anyway, as the rsp code in Mesa had been removed 
long ago.

Best regards
Thomas

> 
> CONFIG_FB_MATROX=y
> CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MILLENIUM=y
> # CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MYSTIQUE is not set
> # CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G is not set
> CONFIG_FB_MATROX_I2C=y
> 
> Cheers,
> Chris
> 

-- 
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
(HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
Geschäftsführer: Ivo Totev

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