>> Joshua Shagam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> And wouldn't the DRM modules in the kernel source be both
> quickly-outdated with respect to the actual drivers? I tend to
> need the bleeding-edge features of the 3D drivers (for me, 'Quake 3
> working' isn't good enough).
Hmm... I know the feeling.
I think this is what you've got wrong. The kernel modules do
housekeeping work: manage DMA buffers, context switches, states,
hardware locking, etc. As you can imagine, this is all card
dependent. That's the reason why there's a kernel module for each
card.
The DRI modules (those in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri) do the work.
> Unfortunately, their whole source distribution seem sincredibly
> half-assed. All they're doing is taking the CVS version of the
> XFree driver (including DRM) and adding in their closed-source card
> init stuff which adds in DualHead and video out but seems to break
> returning into textmode (and I use neither DualHead nor video out).
For all I know, you'll be happier using the drivers supplied with
Branden's packages instead of the Matrox's ones.
Marcelo
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