<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/" /> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - Unknown Card-Ids (7122|1458|D000), Chipset: VX900" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94210#c9">Comment # 9</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - Unknown Card-Ids (7122|1458|D000), Chipset: VX900" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94210">bug 94210</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:kevinbrace@gmx.com" title="Kevin Brace <kevinbrace@gmx.com>"> Kevin Brace</a> <pre>(In reply to HuangRan from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=94210#c8">comment #8</a>) Hi Frank, > Hi Kevin, > > > > Recent two days, I am looking into the UMS xf86-video-openchrome > code and also be shocked by ViaCardID[] struct in Via_id.c file. Why does > the UMS driver use this table to identify the board? I am also buying some > old boards including VX700/VX855/VX900 and I found some boards(i.e., Wyse > Thin Clients) are not in this list. So I can guess same error will be > reported. > > So It seems this ViaCardID table will only bring faults instead of > any good things. Why not remove it? > > > > Thanks, > > Frank We could remove the table, or maybe for now, we could just disable it. My view is that by in about 1 to 2 more releases after Version 0.3.4, the table will be removed or disabled. I am just trying to avoid making substantial changes for soon to be released Version 0.3.4. I am also considering getting rid of VESA BIOS Extension (VBE) support at the same time. VBE support is not longer necessary since most devices can be detected automatically. I still think that a small "quirk" table may be necessary (i.e., Linux kernel has it) in some cases, but only for very few devices that truly need it. In a sense, this weird known device table is a very large quirk table, and I think it outlived its usefulness.</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>