On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 04:55:04PM +0200, Paolo Aglialoro wrote: > Hello, > > I read from the 6.5 to 6.6 upgrade guide that the following files: > > > */usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/s3_drv.la <http://s3_drv.la> > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/s3_drv.so > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/s3virge_drv.la <http://s3virge_drv.la> > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/s3virge_drv.so/usr/X11R6/man/man4/s3.4 > /usr/X11R6/man/man4/s3virge.4* > > are being deleted as "retired". Does this mean that my IBM T23 will stop > its X-life at 6.5 or is its S3 Virge video card supported in some other > decent way (VESA or whatever)? I would be glad to know it *before* trying > this upgrade. > > If the sad answer would be "no more support", could I ask why this, > together with several i686 still working boxes, would be dropped while > other OSs aren't doing so? > > Thanks
http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/xenocara/driver/Makefile?rev=1.74&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup explains it: "Unlink a number of old video drivers from the build. The corresponding hardware is out of date, barely useable with modern systems and their code is not maintained. ok sthen@" We have a very limited numnbers of volunteers. In general, code is a liability, not an asset. What other OS maintainers do is their choice. -Otto
