[PATCH 0/8] drm/mgag200: Support desktop chips
Thomas Zimmermann
tzimmermann at suse.de
Thu Jul 16 05:55:05 UTC 2020
Am 16.07.20 um 07:44 schrieb Thomas Zimmermann:
> Hi
>
> Am 15.07.20 um 21:56 schrieb Dave Airlie:
>> On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 at 00:59, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> This patchset puts device initialization in the correct order and
>>> adds support for G200 Desktop chips (PCI ids 0x520 and 0x521).
>>
>> why? :-)
>
> With G200 support in place, we can add also support for the newer cards
> in the G-Series up to the G550. Believe it or not, the G550 for PCIe is
> still being actively marketed and manufactured by Matrox. [1] Even the
> predecessor chips G450 was only EOLed in Oct 2016. [2] So while the
> chips might be 20yrs old, the devices are still current.
>
> Best regards
> Thomas
>
> [1]
> https://matrox.com/graphics/en/products/graphics_cards/g_series/g550pcie/?productTabs=1
> [2] https://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/legacy/g_series/g450pci/
>
>>
>> I'm pretty sure I NAKed the previous version because the userspace
>> experience for these old cards was probably better with
>> xorg-x11-drv-mga, but hey maybe it isn't anymore and we should go
>> ahead. I know SuSE use these for testing, but apart from that do we
>> really think we have any users for this?
Well, I got at least one email from someone thanking me for this patch. :)
>>
>> Dave.
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Thomas Zimmermann
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