From patchwork Tue Nov 22 09:58:24 2016 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Gerd Hoffmann X-Patchwork-Id: 9440715 Return-Path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.125]) by pdx-korg-patchwork.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 632D060237 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 09:58:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72BA42015F for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 09:58:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id 67305284A8; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 09:58:33 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (gabe.freedesktop.org [131.252.210.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1519B2015F for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 09:58:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4AFC6E283; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 09:58:30 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-To: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Delivered-To: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7357B6E283 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 09:58:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.24]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 040B41C13C1; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 09:58:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nilsson.home.kraxel.org (ovpn-116-31.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.116.31]) by int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id uAM9wR3d024406; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 04:58:28 -0500 Received: by nilsson.home.kraxel.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id 8152A8098E; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 10:58:27 +0100 (CET) From: Gerd Hoffmann To: David Airlie , dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org Subject: [PATCH] drm: flip cirrus driver status to "obsolete". Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 10:58:24 +0100 Message-Id: <1479808704-30321-1-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.11.24 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.29]); Tue, 22 Nov 2016 09:58:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Gerd Hoffmann , open list X-BeenThere: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Direct Rendering Infrastructure - Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Errors-To: dri-devel-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "dri-devel" X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Also update Kconfig help text, explaining things: Cirrus is obsolete, the hardware was designed in the 90ies and can't keep up with todays needs. More background: https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2014/10/qemu-using-cirrus-considered-harmful/ Better alternatives are: - stdvga (DRM_BOCHS, qemu -vga std, default in qemu 2.2+) - qxl (DRM_QXL, qemu -vga qxl, works best with spice) - virtio (VIRTIO_GPU), qemu -vga virtio) Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann --- MAINTAINERS | 3 ++- drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 84dc747..feb34a3 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -4037,7 +4037,8 @@ M: Dave Airlie M: Gerd Hoffmann L: qemu-devel@nongnu.org T: git git://git.kraxel.org/linux drm-qemu -S: Odd Fixes +S: Obsolete +W: https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2014/10/qemu-using-cirrus-considered-harmful/ F: drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/ RADEON and AMDGPU DRM DRIVERS diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/Kconfig index 04b3c16..ca5c0f2 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/Kconfig @@ -7,3 +7,12 @@ config DRM_CIRRUS_QEMU This is a KMS driver for emulated cirrus device in qemu. It is *NOT* intended for real cirrus devices. This requires the modesetting userspace X.org driver. + + Cirrus is obsolete, the hardware was designed in the 90ies + and can't keep up with todays needs. More background: + https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2014/10/qemu-using-cirrus-considered-harmful/ + + Better alternatives are: + - stdvga (DRM_BOCHS, qemu -vga std, default in qemu 2.2+) + - qxl (DRM_QXL, qemu -vga qxl, works best with spice) + - virtio (VIRTIO_GPU), qemu -vga virtio)