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Bug#163885: additional info -- [dri] r128.o kernel module version is 2.1.6 but version 2.2 or greater is needed.



On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 10:48:36AM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote:
> It's not about supporting a 'DRI version' but about providing a DRM
> version. The r128 driver in 4.2.0 uses a new ioctl for 2D acceleration
> with DRI enabled, which is only available in the r128 DRM version 2.2.0
> or later. Unfortunately, that still wasn't merged into 2.4.19, but I
> think it might be in 2.4.20. In the meantime, there's
> http://www.xfree86.org/~alanh/ .

Okay.  Thanks for the update.

> Branden, is there a specific reason why you don't provide a DRM source
> package like drm-trunk-module-src from my dri-trunk debs?

*whine*  Because I detest binary packages that are really "source"
packages.  It's just kludgey as hell and not congruent with user
expectations of what a binary package is.

-- 
G. Branden Robinson                |
Debian GNU/Linux                   |         Ab abusu ad usum non valet
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