Re: XFree86 4.0.1 on PowerPC status update #2
On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 08:09:54PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 12:38:05PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> >
> > The input code is used only for the USB support. If we want to keep
> > that, we're going to have to make it build. What I would do:
> > - #undef the necessary constants until it compiles
> > - #define HasLinuxInput ON explicitly, instead of letting it default
> > by the running kernel version.
> > - Force OSMajorVersion and OSMinorVersion. We could do this based on
> > the installed headers, or based on the standard 2.2 kernel - both
> > are pretty easy.
> >
>
> So basically it needs to check <linux/version.h> instead of checking proc.
> Question is then, will this "2.2.x" build run on 2.4.x? :)
Yep. The only difference is in enabling of the USB driver, as I said.
Well, the only difference in this driver... for others, I'd need to
poke around.
Dan
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