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gitomat[illumos-gate] 17835 Update AMD microcode to 20251202 -- Andy Fiddaman <illumos⊙fn>
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richlowejclulow: tbh, the problem with graphics is the target moves so much faster than we ever could
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richloweif the state of the art didn't have to be "look like linux real good so all the upstream stuff works", maybe someone could do it like, once.
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AmyMalik(look like linux real good is the freebsd strategy in this.)
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alancthe problem is Linux is a quickly moving target in the graphics arena, so it's a project that never ends, unless you want to be stuck only supporting graphics devices no longer sold since they have such short product lifecycles
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alancsomedays I think you could just run Linux in a VM and give it full access to the graphics HW, but that leads to a path of "What is the point in still trying to keep a non-Linux kernel running under that? Who needs two kernels when one will do?"