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Bug#257062: Please include the new intel driver



tag 257062 + help
thanks

On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 11:55:40AM +0100, Pedro Corte-Real wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 18:48 -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 10:17:40PM +0100, Pedro Corte-Real wrote:
> > > Keith Whitwell created a new driver for the intel graphics cards from
> > > the i830 to the new i915. This driver supports more cards than the
> > > existing one and according to the developers supports using the second
> > > monitor (the external monitor on a laptop) as a different screen. Could
> > > you please include this driver in the package?
> > 
> > We need to know if any part of it uses the new XFree86 1.1 license.  If so,
> > we cannot include it.
[...]
> I'll ask the developer, but since this is developed in the dri tree it
> should be alright. Driver is at:
> 
> http://freedesktop.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/mesa/Mesa/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i915/
> 
> So it's even in freedesktop.org so should be alright.

Okay.  I looked around there and you appear to be right.  I'll await word
back from the upstream developer via you, though.

Would someone on the debian-x list who actually owns i915 box like to
undertake this?  How about someone with any other Intel video chipset, at
least see if any regressions are caused?

-- 
G. Branden Robinson                |    America is at that awkward stage.
Debian GNU/Linux                   |    It's too late to work within the
branden@debian.org                 |    system, but too early to shoot the
http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |    bastards.           -- Claire Wolfe

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