Bug#732514: [PATCH] fixes for Radeon KMS on kFreeBSD

Julien Cristau jcristau at debian.org
Wed Dec 18 13:09:37 PST 2013


On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 22:05:27 +0100, Robert Millan wrote:

> Besides, when it comes to KMS drivers, is there a point in auto-loading them
> just because the hardware is present? AFAICS it makes a lot more sense to load
> them only when X is started and we know we will need them.
> 
Yes.  At least on linux it also gives you the fb console.  And there's
been a number of bug reports where X failed to start because the radeon
kernel driver was loaded too late.

Cheers,
Julien
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