Re: Bug#452803: please add conflicts to new xorg
On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 14:11:36 +0100, Steffen Joeris wrote:
> Hi Julien
>
> > > Maybe the X strike force knows for sure, cc:ing them so they can comment.
> >
> > I don't understand what conflicting with xorg would achieve. IMO
> > 915resolution should just be removed.
> I am lacking a test machine at the moment. Can you confirm that the new xorg
> has all the functionality provided by 915resolution? Then I am more than
> happy to ask for the removal of 915resolution.
>
The intel driver does modesetting by itself and doesn't use the bios, so
915resolution is useless with that driver. We're not shipping the older
i810 driver anymore, which needed the 915resolution hack.
Cheers,
Julien
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