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Re: Bug in Radeon in kernel 2.6.8?



Thanks. I didn't actually mean to start a new thread. I changed to where
I'm working. I am using the latest kernel from debian. Should I attach
the two config files (2.6.6 and 2.6.8)? 

Art Edwards

On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 07:45:58PM -0400, Marty wrote:
> Art Edwards wrote:
> 
> >I can remove these errors by not using the CONFIG_DRM_RADEON option.
> 
> It's probably not that simple, because I and probably a million other
> users use that option.  The linux build system has always been semi-broken
> (by which I mean it's excessively fragile) and it looks like nothing has
> changed, and in the meantime what this means in practice is that each
> compile failure must be handled on a case-by-case basis, and just giving
> a few of the options you compiled (rather than the entire .config file)
> is insufficient for others to reproduce your problem.
> 
> Furthermore you still haven't given the version of your linux-2.6.8.  The
> latest debian-patched version for testing (sarge) is kernel-sourc 2.6.8-15,
> which works fine for me, even with all the Radeon options enabled.
> 
> (BTW you don't have to start a new thread each time you post on the same
> issue.  I can't tell if you saw my last thread so I don't know if you
> eliminated the concern I raised there.)
> 
> 
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