[igt-dev] [PATCH i-g-t 00/30] Add FreeBSD Support

[D Scott Phillips]

Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at linux.intel.com> writes:

> I'll mostly defer to Petri and Arek, the IGT maintainers, on the
> details.
>
> I think the bigger questions are, 1) How do we ensure this does not
> bitrot in a matter of weeks? Which translates to, 2) Who is going to
> automate and maintain continuous build testing? And, 3) Who's going to
> take ownership of the port in general?
>
> Personally, I don't think this is going to work long term just by
> merging the port upstream. I think without the continuous support from
> people who care about FreeBSD, this is going to be a net negative.

Right, I think that's a fair point. What level of continuous support do
you think would get us out of the negative here? A continuous build
could be fairly easy to get configured, but might be a side workflow
apart from how normal CI results are presented. I think that could be a
reasonable indication that things aren't rotting. More sophisticated CI
is within the realm of possibility but could be quite a bit harder to
get off the ground with.

Ultimately, I think as long as the kernel driver port exists this is
something that we will want.

As to who owns the port, FreeBSD has a "Graphics Team" that collectively
owns the kernel driver port, so I think the most robust answer going
forward is to have them own this port. I can take this up with them and 
see if they'll affirm that they will take some ownership here.