From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E4B21139085 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2017 09:44:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6CDF9E0DF5; Sat, 28 Jan 2017 09:44:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (mail.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 23B71E0DE7 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2017 09:44:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from symphony.aura-online.co.uk (154.189.187.81.in-addr.arpa [81.187.189.154]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: chewi) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AE78F341669 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2017 09:44:29 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 09:44:17 +0000 From: James Le Cuirot To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: x11-drivers/ati-drivers, x11-libs/amd-adl-sdk, x11-libs/xvba-video Message-ID: <20170128094417.375cfdd2@symphony.aura-online.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <20170127021612.GA3628@macbook> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.14.1 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; boundary="Sig_/ZOuiiJrzBGt_9lCeOu5uefM"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 2b37e7c4-60e0-4fec-ae3f-b4e25cdc768f X-Archives-Hash: dcf99bf44b6c015bbee05c3514e94184 --Sig_/ZOuiiJrzBGt_9lCeOu5uefM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 27 Jan 2017 20:55:52 -0800 Matt Turner wrote: > On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 7:36 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote: > > Matt Turner posted on Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:16:12 -0800 as excerpted: > > =20 > >> # Matt Turner (26 Jan 2017) > >> # Dead and replaced by media-libs/mesa[video_cards_radeonsi] > >> # (or the proprietary amdgpu-pro, which is not in tree). > >> # Masked for removal in 30 days. > >> # Bug #582406 > >> x11-drivers/ati-drivers > >> x11-libs/amd-adl-sdk > >> x11-libs/xvba-video =20 > > > > What about folks running pre-si radeons? Radeon southern-island > > generation isn't that old, you know. =20 >=20 > I highly recommend using the Mesa drivers. Agreed. I have an RX 480 now but I had a 4670 before that. The proprietary drivers brought me nothing but pain while Mesa was very capable. The main problem with the proprietary drivers is they're tied to older kernels and xorg-server versions and this can't always be patched around. --=20 James Le Cuirot (chewi) Gentoo Linux Developer --Sig_/ZOuiiJrzBGt_9lCeOu5uefM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQKTBAEBCgB9FiEEUo3mvYaRpDkf2i7UIcYyEpxtfeQFAliMZ/FfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldDUy OERFNkJEODY5MUE0MzkxRkRBMkVENDIxQzYzMjEyOUM2RDdERTQACgkQIcYyEpxt feTxZxAAhRkNnHUwI5Tvgutis5Q6eItl+1BEJSzrYXs7pH/Y/RMgr/fYqQcVLFWj 9lXTrpUD/JvPi/cYiJK+ozNVDwv1lmih8GbL/ON8tbVLdsaxH5z2eNSjr1fZaQdm sSPHkyGazUQHV/8A96NEOLkVg6RlwDXyjp2Yprh+SpisB0V2DX9B0oJ06YeZpyPo Vvm30ERfMXaHoeMY0HsUv0Z5dmJHY1xemlWBdMGMqKBpGb8+smHbfrrKyNaHwoBF ZoXoAOZtdX/u04CRXtc1iJ1BMWVxwtNk+1EuiquVw8m1giG5NvLtAHYaQCgGJ/7F d0w1KLSxVPFpbP3O9X/aPk78tGUhrFiHbhvnyQRwioptJpXujUYggudmbXkmL+81 spwGYpSqf2BpH0CEqDVCvPGyhxmpv20DTf6C4v3ViwFzNvZUzck3Y5psc8FGIrsm 0GLNH1JSo/sDuYD3CLyJ/NYOcY7KjrdmV6cMEfz2okixR7DqH1xvQayRTx6b8yXM bzVP5VL0pOXH4tBCFFN/1PmLKFou9URv8t6NrsPqek/VCfb78dEA2kCPAPBKVdYU HfJaUZs/GzZgAcvnk4nsITjuEtG28dmbR8Yq7so1+TrK0DJipk9M+To/xM7Lgbox AZaWHDlnXRwQDGToS59hW3/2TOr6bUFEAsR5VGYCm2T0L7XOOyk= =yw6c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/ZOuiiJrzBGt_9lCeOu5uefM--