Linux 6.8 Dropping Support For Very Old Graphics Drivers

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Linux 6.8 Dropping Support For Very Old Graphics Drivers

07 December 2023, 11:50 AM

Phoronix: Linux 6.8 Dropping Support For Very Old Graphics Drivers

A new drm-misc-next pull request was sent today to DRM-Next bringing a few notable changes for the upcoming Linux 6.8 merge window...

Linux 6.8 Dropping Support For Very Old Graphics Drivers - Phoronix

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08 December 2023, 04:50 AM

PowerVR is doing it very late, but better than never I suppose. That hardware has potential if they really invest on it.

The same about Broadcom chips thst power Raspberry Pi series. They should open source every related stuff instead late additions like this.
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