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Re: DRI CVS snapshot packages



On Sat, 2002-07-06 at 10:36, Marc Menem wrote:
> Michel Dänzer wrote:
> 
> >http://penguinppc.org/~daenzer/debian/dri-trunk/
> >
> >
> >These are once again most interesting for Radeon users. The 3D driver is
> >now based on Mesa 4.0.x and uses the chip's TCL unit for great
> >performance. Note that the M6 doesn't have a TCL unit and may not work
> >with these drivers right now. Set the environment variable
> >RADEON_NO_TCL=1 in that case. Beware that the M7, which has a TCL unit,
> >is not quite correctly reported as 'Radeon Mobility M6 LW' by lspci.
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> I tried to install them, but dri is not working (I never got it working 
> yet), it seems that my kernel radeon.o driver version is not recent enough.
> I just installed the latest benh kernel, and i use the xfree package 
> from the debian source:
> 
> deb http://people.debian.org/~branden sid/powerpc/
> 
> Do I have to patch the kernel to get the newest radeon module ? where do 
> i get this patch from ?

No patch, the drm-trunk-module-src package. Build your own
drm-module-src package with that and kernel-package.

I guess I should really describe that package? :)


-- 
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast


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