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authorGerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>2016-11-21 13:32:06 -0500
committerGerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>2017-01-10 08:00:40 -0500
commitaf3076e67c31ceb3e314933dd61cb68a1d5120cf (patch)
tree3ec829a29c38fa14f4fbde92746416331b73e638
parent0c19f97f12bbb1c2370cb62e31d0f749642937ee (diff)
drm: flip cirrus driver status to "obsolete".
Also update Kconfig help text, explaining things: Cirrus is obsolete, the hardware was designed in the 90ies and can't keep up with todays needs. More background: https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2014/10/qemu-using-cirrus-considered-harmful/ Better alternatives are: - stdvga (DRM_BOCHS, qemu -vga std, default in qemu 2.2+) - qxl (DRM_QXL, qemu -vga qxl, works best with spice) - virtio (VIRTIO_GPU), qemu -vga virtio) Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--MAINTAINERS3
-rw-r--r--drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/Kconfig9
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 15eadc8c58c9..b8e2bbe621a3 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -4116,7 +4116,8 @@ M: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
4116M: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> 4116M: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
4117L: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org 4117L: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
4118T: git git://git.kraxel.org/linux drm-qemu 4118T: git git://git.kraxel.org/linux drm-qemu
4119S: Odd Fixes 4119S: Obsolete
4120W: https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2014/10/qemu-using-cirrus-considered-harmful/
4120F: drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/ 4121F: drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/
4121 4122
4122RADEON and AMDGPU DRM DRIVERS 4123RADEON and AMDGPU DRM DRIVERS
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/Kconfig
index 04b3c161dfae..7f4cc6e172ab 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/Kconfig
@@ -7,3 +7,12 @@ config DRM_CIRRUS_QEMU
7 This is a KMS driver for emulated cirrus device in qemu. 7 This is a KMS driver for emulated cirrus device in qemu.
8 It is *NOT* intended for real cirrus devices. This requires 8 It is *NOT* intended for real cirrus devices. This requires
9 the modesetting userspace X.org driver. 9 the modesetting userspace X.org driver.
10
11 Cirrus is obsolete, the hardware was designed in the 90ies
12 and can't keep up with todays needs. More background:
13 https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2014/10/qemu-using-cirrus-considered-harmful/
14
15 Better alternatives are:
16 - stdvga (DRM_BOCHS, qemu -vga std, default in qemu 2.2+)
17 - qxl (DRM_QXL, qemu -vga qxl, works best with spice)
18 - virtio (DRM_VIRTIO_GPU), qemu -vga virtio)