David Dawes <dawes@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 12:17:25PM -0800, Philippe Troin wrote: > >[Note: I'm not subscribed to xfree86, please cc me on replies] > > > >I've downloaded: > > > > ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/snapshots/4.4.99.902/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc22/Xdrm.tgz > > > >md5sum ba53177c27aa85608bc210d9cbb82acd Xdrm.tgz > > > >After extraction, src/drm/linux/kernel/Makefile references some i830* > >files which are not present in the archive. > > The DRM included in 4.4.99.902 is known to not be buildable. At > best it was an incomplete and untested snapshot of some development > version of the drm, which is not at all acceptable for our upcoming > release. > > Since these issues were not resolved, we have rolled back to a > version based on what we shipped with 4.4.0, and that is what will > be included in the next release candidate (4.4.99.903) as well as > the final 4.5.0 release. This DRM version builds and runs on a wide > range of Linux 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels, as well as recent FreeBSD > releases. Feedback regarding NetBSD would be most welcome. Mmmh, I've had reports of the 4.4.0 drm kernel modules not compiling on recent 2.6.x kernels. So shipping 4.4.0's drm as-is in 4.5.0 is not an option. Phil. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
