From #radeon on IRC this morning.
User modesetting will continue to exist in a separate branch, but unless someone steps up to maintain the UMS codebase, it will likely cease to work with future versions of the X server, and start suffering (more than it already has) from bit rot.
Adam
Code:
<airlied> 71 files changed, 728 insertions(+), 57306 deletions(-)
<airlied> ums go bye bye
<airlied> now to test it runs :)
<carli2> airlied: 71 files changed... where? in xorg?
<airlied> carli2: -ati driver
<carli2> airlied: what exactly did you improve?
<airlied> carli2: my life :)
<airlied> no more UMS
User modesetting will continue to exist in a separate branch, but unless someone steps up to maintain the UMS codebase, it will likely cease to work with future versions of the X server, and start suffering (more than it already has) from bit rot.
Adam