On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 12:37:52PM +1000, Dave Airlie wrote: > > Having a quiet deprecation warning with the understanding that things > > will stay around for *years* is fine. Although it makes me wonder how > > much value the deprecation message really adds. I mean, why the hell > > print a message, when the only correct thing to do is to just look at > > and fix Xorg? > > > > And if you can't get Xorg fixed, then the message is kind of pointless too? > > > > So really, I don't see the point of even a oneliner message. You guys > > know who the user is. There's no value in the message. Either you fix > > the user or you don't. > > > > It's not like "oh, it's Xorg that uses our drm interfaces" is a big > > surprise, is it? > > Its not X.org the X server,
It is plymouthd using libkms. It affects -radeon, -nouveau and -intel who all try to copy the fbcon created using a dumb buffer into the Screen Pixmap. -Chris -- Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre
