Re: 4.2.0pre1v1 debs, dri support, intel i810
On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 22:26, Michael Cardenas wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 09:57:48PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote:
> ...
> > > I just wanted to ask if there's a reason that the 4.2.0 pre1v1 debs
> > > weren't compiled against the updated 1.2.0 kernel modules?
> >
> > It's not a matter of compiling against the kernel modules, on the
> > contrary the source for them is in the XFree86 tree. The problems are
> > that most kernel trees haven't been updated to the DRM versions required
> > for 4.2.0 yet and the modules need to be built against the headers of the
> > running kernel. The latter could be solved with a kernel module source
> > package for use with kernel-package.
> >
> >
>
> Are you saying that the dri modules in xfree86 need to be compiled
> against the headers of the running kernel?
>
> If I've updated my kernel modules to be the 1.2.0 versions, with the
> patch from xfree86.org, then do I need to recompile the xfree86 debs
> against the patched kernel source?
No, just the DRM kernel modules.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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