nixos/xserver: drop intel from videoDrivers

NixOS · Feb 11, 2019 · cdc396d · cdc396d
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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml
@@ -515,6 +515,15 @@
      provisioning.
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+     The <literal>intel</literal> driver has been removed from the default list of
+     <link linkend="opt-services.xserver.videoDrivers">X.org video drivers</link>.
+     The <literal>modesetting</literal> driver should take over automatically,
+     it is better maintained upstream and has less problems with advanced features.
+     Some performance regressions on some GPU models might happen.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>
 </section>
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ in
       videoDrivers = mkOption {
         type = types.listOf types.str;
         # !!! We'd like "nv" here, but it segfaults the X server.
-        default = [ "ati" "cirrus" "intel" "vesa" "vmware" "modesetting" ];
+        default = [ "ati" "cirrus" "vesa" "vmware" "modesetting" ];
         example = [
           "ati_unfree" "amdgpu" "amdgpu-pro"
           "nv" "nvidia" "nvidiaLegacy340" "nvidiaLegacy304"