[arch-general] [RFC] Potentially deprecating primus, bumblebee, virtualGL and primus_vk

[Emil Velikov]

On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 at 12:55, Lone_Wolf <lone_wolf at klaas-de-kat.nl> wrote:
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> On 04-12-2020 13:50, Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general wrote:
> > Em dezembro 4, 2020 9:27 Emil Velikov via arch-general escreveu:
> >> I would love to hear the input from the respective maintainers and the
> >> overall Arch developer base as a whole.
> >>
> >
> > As the maintainer for both bumblebee and prime-run, I don't see the
> > need for deprecation, yet.
> > Bumblebee still has some uses and also, the it has the appeal of
> > keeping the card completely powered
> > off, something that doesn't happen with prime render offload.
> >
> > Having said that, I do think bumblebee/primus/primus_vk days are
> > numbered.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Giancarlo Razzolini
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> For clarity :
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> Does this affect people without an nvidia card ?
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> Are users with an nvidia card that only use nouveau kernel module affected ?
>
There should be no user visible changes with my proposal - both GL and
VK should work as normal. The power management side of things is
completely unchanged.

-Emil