User talk:Alonbl/Intel Integrated Graphics Controller

--Alon Bar-Lev 20:31, 28 November 2011 (GMT)= Merge suggestion =

The GMA article contains more than only the minimum setup.

For achieving working functionality with integrated device there is no need for much of the Intel_GMA information.

This article is plain and simple without legacy.

Or do you actually propose to entirely replace the Intel_GMA with this content?
 * I guess I'm saying this isn't really needed. Intel_GMA does say to enable the appropriate DRI driver for your card, it could of course go in to it a bit more, but I'm not sure a "minimal" approach warrants a completely separate article. /Ni1s 20:19, 28 November 2011 (GMT)


 * Well, there are no i810 nor i830 any more, and there is no need for extra configuration as KMS is not optional and dri is default within all packages.
 * This is exactly the difference between maintained pages and unmaintained one, look at iwlwifi for example, there is no point in keeping older than stable configuration. Same goes to this topic as well.
 * --Alon Bar-Lev 20:31, 28 November 2011 (GMT)
 * You could, you know, fix the article. /Ni1s 20:39, 28 November 2011 (GMT)
 * Yes, I know, but it has some value... did not want to lose it. However, most of current laptops and desktop has the newer chip which requires much less text...
 * Maybe split into two? For the older hardware and the newer hardware? --Alon Bar-Lev 20:41, 28 November 2011 (GMT)
 * A split would probably just add confusion, it's probably best to clean it up and update it. /Ni1s 21:10, 28 November 2011 (GMT)
 * This is why I did not touch it. Overload of information is one approach, documenting everything you know about a specific subject. But there is another method: document per mission.
 * Take for example the laptop documentation, you can document everything you know about a specific laptop model, but laptop is just a container of hardware... So it should only
 * contain minimal setup and reference to hardware components, now, each hardware component's documentation can be minimalistic or minimalistic... it is all a matter of policy
 * or preferences. I believe there is no single "right", there is room for all approaches.
 * --Alon Bar-Lev 21:26, 28 November 2011 (GMT)
 * Sure, but that seems silly in regards to this article, the only real difference here is the new kernel option name(Intel 8xx/9xx/G3x/G4x/HD Graphics) and the USE "sna" bit. /Ni1s 21:45, 28 November 2011 (GMT)
 * OK, moved this page under my user. Had I re-written this text within my articles it had been alright, but if I split it out there is a problem...