On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 10:35:22AM -0800, Philippe Troin wrote: >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. You need to read what I wrote, and actually try what is in the current CVS before making any further comment. If you find specific problems with what is in the current CVS, report them. I *have* tested the current CVS version against the above mentioned platforms, including recent 2.6.x kernels. David _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
