EOF of zulu, gfb and gfxp graphics support [PSARC/2008/666 FastTrack timeout 11/07/2008]
Garrett D'Amore
gdamore at sun.com
Mon Nov 3 22:17:56 PST 2008
Ron Bielaski wrote:
> 1) zulu (XVR-4000) V880z
> gfb (XVR-1000) Ultra 60, 80, Sun Blade 1000, 2000
> gfxp (PGX32) Ultra 5, 10, 30, 60, 80, Sun Blade 100, 1000, 2000,
> Enterprise 250, 450, 220R, 420R, Enterprise 3x00, 4x00,
> 5x00, 6x00, Sun Fire 280R, V480, V880
> These drivers only support add-in cards as much as I could find.
>
> 2) The platforms have alternative graphics options with Nevada bundled drivers.
> 3D accelerated options have alternative 3D accelerated graphics options with
> Nevada bundled drivers.
>
> 4) Further support of these drivers is a business decision.
> Source availability is also a business (read staffing) decision.
>
Okay, I'm happy with all the answers except #4, and I concede that #4 is
not architectural.
Thank you.
-- Garrett
> Ron
>
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> From: "Garrett D'Amore" <gdamore at sun.com>
> Subject: Re: EOF of zulu, gfb and gfxp graphics support [PSARC/2008/666
> FastTrack timeout 11/07/2008]
> To: Eric Sultan <egs at thirdreef.sfbay.sun.com>
> Cc: PSARC-ext at sun.com, ron.bielaski at sun.com
>
> Questions:
>
> 1) What hardware platforms shipped with these options? Add-in or
> on-board? (If these drivers don't support any built-in motherboard
> framebuffer devices, then most of the rest of the questions are of far
> less concern.)
>
> 2) Do those platforms have alternative graphics options available for
> them that are supported in Solaris Nevada? What about options that
> include 3D acceleration? (Not relevant for PGX32, I realize.)
>
> 3) If the answer to question #2 above is "no", and the device is a
> motherboard device, is the intent to *also* EOL the platform from
> Solaris Nevada?
>
> 4) For some of these drivers (I know this is true for PGX32, but
> probably also others), is it possible that the OpenSolaris community
> could contribute support? (In particular, for PGX32 I can imagine that
> an Xorg based solution might work with very little extra effort. But
> I'm concerned that gfb and zulu might require access to Sun NDA
> information that might not be available to open source developers. Can
> we make such information available, or even better, make source code
> available, so that 3rd parties can pick up and continue supporting these
> if they should want to?)
>
> Thanks. (And yes, I realize that the above questions may straddle the
> boundary of "architecture", but I think the answers are still useful and
> important. I especially want to ensure that there are no "surprise"
> platform EOLs as a result of this case -- which isn't to say we can't
> EOL older platforms, just that if we do so, then IMO we need to be
> explicit about it.)
>
> -- Garrett
>
> Eric Sultan wrote:
>
>> I'm sponsoring this case for Ron Bielaski, with a timeout set for next
>> Friday, November 11, 2008. This proposal is to EOF three SPARC graphics
>> devices: XVR-1000, XVR-4000, and PGX32.
>>
>> -- Eric
>>
>>
>>
>> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.64 07/13/07 SMI
>> This information is Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems
>> 1. Introduction
>> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
>> EOF of zulu, gfb and gfxp graphics support
>> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
>> Author: Ron Bielaski
>> 1.3 Date of This Document:
>> 30 October, 2008
>> 4. Technical Description
>>
>> This case announces the EOF and removes SPARC graphics drivers support
>> for:
>>
>> zulu (XVR-4000)
>> gfb (XVR-1000)
>> gfxp (PGX32)
>>
>> The last ship dates for these SPARC graphics products were:
>>
>> XVR-4000 6/10/2005, Intro# Q2FY2005-73I
>> XVR-1000 10/08/2004, Intro# Q3FY2004-120I
>> PGX32 09/30/2003, Intro# Q2FY2003-86I
>>
>> According to Sun's announcement database, the last of these cards sold had
>> its last ship date in 2005. Since this case only removes support from an
>> upcoming minor or greater release of Solaris, and Solaris 10 end of support
>> is not likely to happen until 2014 or later, this will give purchasers of
>> these cards at least 9 years of software support.
>>
>> This case delivers in two phases:
>>
>> 1) In a patch release, announces the obsolesence of and future removal plans
>> for zulu, gfb and gfxp support.
>>
>> 2) In a minor release, removes the following:
>>
>> From the ON Consolidation:
>> SUNWcakr /platform/sun4u/kernel/misc/sparcv9/zuluvm
>>
>> From the Graphics Consolidation:
>>
>> The entire SUNWzulu.u, SUNWzuluc, SUNWzulur and
>> SUNWzuluw packages containing files:
>>
>> SUNWzulu.u /platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/sparcv9/zulu
>> SUNWzuluc /usr/lib/fbconfig/SUNWzulu_config
>> SUNWzuluc /usr/lib/fbconfig/sparc/libSUNWzulu_dvr.so.1
>> SUNWzuluc /usr/lib/fbconfig/sparcv9/libSUNWzulu_dvr.so.1
>> SUNWzuluc /usr/lib/zulu.ucode
>> SUNWzuluc /usr/sbin/zuludaemon
>> SUNWzulur /etc/init.d/zuluinit
>> SUNWzuluw /usr/openwin/server/etc/filters/catmull.filter
>> SUNWzuluw /usr/openwin/server/modules/ddxSUNWzulu.so.1
>>
>> The entire SUNWgfb.u, SUNWgfbcf, SUNWgfbr and
>> SUNWgfbw packages containing files:
>>
>> SUNWgfb.u /platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/sparcv9/gfb
>> SUNWgfbcf /usr/lib/fbconfig/SUNWgfb_config
>> SUNWgfbcf /usr/lib/gfb.ucode
>> SUNWgfbcf /usr/sbin/gfbdaemon
>> SUNWgfbr /etc/init.d/gfbinit
>> SUNWgfbw /usr/openwin/server/modules/ddxSUNWgfb.so.1
>>
>> The entire TSIpgx.u and TSIpgxw packages containing files:
>> TSIpgx.u /platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/sparcv9/gfxp
>> TSIpgxw /usr/openwin/server/etc/pgxresinfo
>> TSIpgxw /usr/openwin/server/modules/ddxTSIgfx.so.1
>> TSIpgxw /usr/sbin/pgxconfig
>>
>> From the man page consolidation:
>>
>> From the SUNWman package:
>>
>> /usr/share/man/man1m/SUNWzulu_config.1m
>> /usr/share/man/man1m/zuludaemon.1m
>> /usr/share/man/man7d/zulu.7d
>>
>> /usr/share/man/man1m/SUNWgfb_config.1m
>>
>> /usr/share/man/man1m/GFXconfig.1m
>> /usr/share/man/man1m/TSIgfxp_config.1m
>>
>> (Given the cross-consolidation nature of this removal, these may be
>> removed in separate builds of each consolidation.)
>>
>>
>> 6. Resources and Schedule
>> 6.4. Steering Committee requested information
>> 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
>> Graphics, ON
>> 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
>> 6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>>
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