Bug#931430: Update (X Server in PowerPC Debian SID Xorg is Unusably Slow on Wallstreet)
On 2019-07-12 12:07 p.m., Finn Thain wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Jul 2019, Michel D?nzer wrote:
>> On 2019-07-11 6:49 p.m., userm57@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>
>>> b) I was not able to install Michel's patch -- I wasn't sure what
>>> compile or other options to use. It looks like I could build a new
>>> kernel with that (patched) module; would that be the best way to
>>> include the patch? I see that a commit was made yesterday (Jul 10)
>>> related to the patch, so I can just wait and test it when it's
>>> available in Debian sid, or I can build a new kernel with the patch
>>> included. Please advise.
>>
>> It's an xf86-video-mach64 / xserver-xorg-video-mach64 patch, not a
>> kernel one. And yes, it's been merged to upstream Git master:
>> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-mach64/commit/37498721a520cd1cff367bc36b1ac74b343826ca
>>
>
> Do you plan to backport this commit for Debian's packages?
I'm not involved in Debian packaging.
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