[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: xfree86 unbuildable on ppc



On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 10:37:52AM +0100, Philip Blundell wrote:
> About the only thing you can do is to discontinue use of the kernel
> headers altogether and provide your own, unconditional, definitions
> (with different names if there is any danger that the kernel's version
> of them might become visible under some conditions).  This obviously
> sucks quite a lot, but less than the alternatives.

This means forking from XFree86 upstream in a way that I'm not entirely
comfortable with.  Is there anyone around who is familiar with DRM
innards who would be willing to work with me and upstream to get this
fix implemented in the proper place?

I don't want to keep my kludge (patch #65) around any longer than I have
to.

-- 
G. Branden Robinson                |    America is at that awkward stage.
Debian GNU/Linux                   |    It's too late to work within the
branden@debian.org                 |    system, but too early to shoot the
http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |    bastards.           -- Claire Wolfe

Attachment: pgpEccaD0URgj.pgp
Description: PGP signature


Reply to: