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

[Emil Velikov]

On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 at 11:43, Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 at 18:47, Giancarlo Razzolini
> <grazzolini at archlinux.org> wrote:
> >
> > Em dezembro 7, 2020 14:24 Emil Velikov escreveu:
> > >
> > > Doing GL (primus+bumblebee) as a start, trimmed only to the bare
> > > minimum changes:
> > > https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/68882
> > > https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/68883
> > >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > > Do you have details or a bug report about these? I haven't used intel
> > > gvt-g and on the occasion of skimming through the code - quality was
> > > below i915.
> > >
> >
> > There is a nasty bug where nvidia prime render offload causes the VM to simply segfault [0].
> > But intel gvt-g is better than using virgl for 3D stuff on a VM.
> >
> If I have to choose - segfault or slower rendering (via virgl) - I'd
> choose the latter :-P
> Nevertheless added a few comments which should help you move forward.
>
> I would suggest opting for virgl, until all the relevant bugs are
> fixed. This way we can proceed with the package cleanup quicker.
>
Is there any interest in the bugs opened, or the gvt regression is a
must for those to move forward?
My systems lack gvt support (nor do I have Windows license) to
reproduce the bug(s), yet I'm willing to help to get this moving.

Thanks
Emil