[PATCH xf86-video-amdgpu 04/19] Remove drmCheckModesettingSupported and kernel module loading

[Emil Velikov]

On 10 April 2018 at 10:27, Michel Dänzer <michel at daenzer.net> wrote:
> On 2018-04-10 11:20 AM, Emil Velikov wrote:
>> On 10 April 2018 at 09:26, Michel Dänzer <michel at daenzer.net> wrote:
>>> On 2018-04-04 04:29 PM, Emil Velikov wrote:
>>>> From: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
>>>>
>>>> The former of these is a UMS artefact which gives incorrect and
>>>> misleading promise whether "KMS" is supported. Not to mention that
>>>> AMDGPU is a only KMS driver.
>>>>
>>>> In a similar fashion xf86LoadKernelModule() is a relic of the times,
>>>> where platforms had no scheme of detecting and loading the appropriate
>>>> kernel module.
>>>>
>>>> Cc: Robert Millan <rmh at freebsd.org>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> Robert, off the top of my head this should work with FreeBSD. Admittedly
>>>> I'm not an expert on the platform. Please give it a test.
>>>
>>> I want to get confirmation from Robert that this will work on FreeBSD
>>> now, since he explicitly restored the kernel module loading code in
>>> https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati/commit/?id=bfbff3b246db509c820df17b8fcf5899882ffcfa
>>> .
>>>
>> Fully agreed!. That's why I added him to the CC list.
>>
>> Throwing some ideas:
>>  - If it's still needed can we keep it !Linux only?
>
> The first drmCheckModesettingSupported call? Fine with me.
>
Since ifndef out the drmCheckModesettingSupported call makes
amdgpu_kernel_mode_enabled function a no-op, I was thinking about
ifndef the whole thing.
Yet again, it would be so much better to actually nuke it (if possible).

Robert, does one still need xf86LoadKernelModule and/or
drmCheckModesettingSupported for FreeBSD?

Thanks
Emil