rfb Xorg drivers [PSARC/2008/555 FastTrack timeout 09/05/2008]

[Alan Coopersmith]

Eric Sultan wrote:
> The timer having expired with no unresolved issues, I am marking this
> case approved.

Sorry for the late response, but I was travelling last week and am just
catching up on e-mail now.

Would the following be a correct summary of the final spec?

- In the "Nevada" WOS builds (aka SXCE), both the existing drivers (pfb
  & nfb) and the new driver (efb) will be delivered.   Which is loaded
  depends on the ordering in /etc/driver_aliases, which is controlled
  by package installation order, and thus will be random depending on
  installation method & WOS media layout for the build in question.
  All users of XVR-100 & XVR-300 cards on Nevada will thus be responsible
  for knowing which driver is for Xsun vs. Xorg and manually pkgrm'ing
  the driver they don't want after each OS install/upgrade.   How will
  SXCE & internal Nevada users be informed of this flag day/installation
  requirement?

- In the "Indiana" WOS builds (aka OpenSolaris), only efb will be delivered,
  and pfb & nfb will not be.

- There are no plans to backport this to prior Solaris releases, such as
  Solaris 10, and if those plans are ever made in the future, a new ARC
  case will be brought forward then to figure out the additional complications
  of this model in the patch & update release world.

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	-Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering