bugzilla-daemon at freedesktop.org
2016-Apr-06 12:22 UTC
[Nouveau] [Bug 94844] New: Ditching xf86-video-nouveau in favor of xf86-video-modesetting?
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94844 Bug ID: 94844 Summary: Ditching xf86-video-nouveau in favor of xf86-video-modesetting? Product: xorg Version: unspecified Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: medium Component: Driver/nouveau Assignee: nouveau at lists.freedesktop.org Reporter: nw9165-3201 at yahoo.com QA Contact: xorg-team at lists.x.org Hello, according to the discussion in the following Phoronix forum thread: https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/863332-intel-s-unreleased-3-0-x-org-driver-gets-more-fixes-for-dri3-present the generic xf86-video-modesetting DDX driver included in xorg-server seems to be better than most vendor specific xf86-video- drivers. I am wondering: Then why not ditch xf86-video-nouveau in favor of xf86-video-modesetting? Regards -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/nouveau/attachments/20160406/4e86465e/attachment.html>
bugzilla-daemon at freedesktop.org
2016-Apr-06 12:51 UTC
[Nouveau] [Bug 94844] Ditching xf86-video-nouveau in favor of xf86-video-modesetting?
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94844 poma <pomidorabelisima at gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |NOTABUG --- Comment #1 from poma <pomidorabelisima at gmail.com> --- https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/Bugs/ "... We also have a mailing list where you can ask questions, discuss patches or whatever is related to nouveau and its tools." https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/nouveau/attachments/20160406/11c15f15/attachment.html>
bugzilla-daemon at freedesktop.org
2016-Apr-06 13:33 UTC
[Nouveau] [Bug 94844] Ditching xf86-video-nouveau in favor of xf86-video-modesetting?
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94844 --- Comment #2 from Ilia Mirkin <imirkin at alum.mit.edu> --- https://xkcd.com/386/ (a) GLAMOR accel would only work on G80+, nouveau supports Riva TNT2 and up. (b) xf86-video-nouveau is well tested and simple, the GL driver is complex and causes crashes for a lot of people (c) Many people choose not to install nouveau's GL driver (for improved stability), would now be stuck without acceleration (d) GLAMOR happens to trigger some bugs in nouveau's GL impl that I've been unable to track down Look at all the trouble Maxwell has had as a result of not having a dedicated EXA impl in xf86-video-nouveau and being stuck with modesetting/glamor. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/nouveau/attachments/20160406/f8950850/attachment.html>
bugzilla-daemon at freedesktop.org
2016-Apr-06 22:02 UTC
[Nouveau] [Bug 94844] Ditching xf86-video-nouveau in favor of xf86-video-modesetting?
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94844 --- Comment #3 from Ben Skeggs <skeggsb at gmail.com> --- (In reply to Ilia Mirkin from comment #2)> https://xkcd.com/386/ > > (a) GLAMOR accel would only work on G80+, nouveau supports Riva TNT2 and up. > (b) xf86-video-nouveau is well tested and simple, the GL driver is complex > and causes crashes for a lot of people > (c) Many people choose not to install nouveau's GL driver (for improved > stability), would now be stuck without acceleration > (d) GLAMOR happens to trigger some bugs in nouveau's GL impl that I've been > unable to track down > > Look at all the trouble Maxwell has had as a result of not having a > dedicated EXA impl in xf86-video-nouveau and being stuck with > modesetting/glamor.(d) is no longer an issue it seems, I've been running in this configuration for weeks now and the two issues that used to appear no longer do. I'm not entirely sure it was our bug, and not just glamor doing something inappropriate. Personally, I'm all for using -modesetting on >=G80 and no longer plan on maintaining -nouveau beyond bug fixes. So, new hardware, and MST support will require -modesetting unless someone else does the work. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/nouveau/attachments/20160406/2944a675/attachment.html>
bugzilla-daemon at freedesktop.org
2016-Apr-07 17:16 UTC
[Nouveau] [Bug 94844] Ditching xf86-video-nouveau in favor of xf86-video-modesetting?
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94844 --- Comment #4 from nw9165-3201 at yahoo.com --- This has made it to the news, see: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nouveau-Vs-Modesetting ;D -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/nouveau/attachments/20160407/c8380185/attachment.html>
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