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LCA: Graphics driver poniesLCA: Graphics driver poniesPosted Jan 28, 2010 22:02 UTC (Thu) by Thalience (subscriber, #4217)In reply to: LCA: Graphics driver ponies by Tet Parent article: LCA: Graphics driver ponies
As I understood it, the component that would lose UMS support is the X Driver (DDX). So you wouldn't be able to run a newer X on an old kernel.
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LCA: Graphics driver ponies Posted Jan 28, 2010 22:59 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
... or on a non-Linux OS. I suppose OSes that can't be bothered to
implement KMS over the course of many years are probably moribund anyway. (The cynic in me would say that everything but Linux is pretty moribund as an X server platform these days...)
LCA: Graphics driver ponies Posted Feb 2, 2010 1:43 UTC (Tue) by Spudd86 (guest, #51683) [Link]
Apparently people ARE working on it for FreeBSD and Solaris, but FreeBSD doesn't have as many people as Linux so it might be a while
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