On Mon, 2016-07-04 at 16:01 -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: [...] > > > * rebuilt d-i to match that kernel > > > > You know there are patches around for that. > > > > > * X drivers > > > > I don't see backports for them. > > libdrm2: 2.4.68-1~bpo8+1 > libgl1-mesa-.*: 11.1.3-1~bpo8+1 > xserver-xorg-video-intel:2:2.99.917+git20160522-1~bpo8+1 As I understand it, xserver-xorg-video-modesetting should be used instead of xserver-xorg-video-intel, for chips supported by the i915 kernel driver. So the latter should be changed to limit the device IDs it claims, then both of them should be backported. [...] > So for radeon hardware enablement, there is 1) the proprietary driver fglrx is dead upstream and removed from unstable. (It's still in jessie-backports, but should be removed there as well.) [...] > Also, I imagine this might one day be necessary, > particularly if tracking backported linux-src due to ABI changes > between kernels, eg: if the out-of-tree drivers in testing begin to > require >> linux-src=3.16.0 ABI. I think you mean API. We don't ship out-of-tree drivers as binaries. > Ben, could you please lend your insight into this point? [...] I don't know what the question is. I have no involvement in maintenance or testing of out-of-tree drivers, other than occasionally checking whether they build against the current kernel version and filing bugs on those that don't. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. - John Lennon
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